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words or lines taken from a book or a speech 引语；引文；引述 The report contained several citations taken from her PhD thesis. 该报告载有几处取自她的博士论文的引文。
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an official statement about something special that somebody has done, especially about acts of courage in a war 表彰；表扬；（尤指对战争中英勇表现的）嘉奖令 a citation for bravery 因勇敢而受到的嘉奖
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an act of citing or being cited （被）引用，引证 - [countable] (North American English) (also summons British and North American English)
an order to appear in court （被）引用，引证
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2)): from Old French, from Latin citatio(n-), from citare ‘cite’.