citation

noun

/saɪˈteɪʃn/

(formal)

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[countable] words or lines taken from a book or a speech引语；引文；引述 synonym quotation
- 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。
[countable] 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
[uncountable] an act of citing or being cited（被）引用，引证
- Space does not permit the citation of the examples.篇幅有限，示例从略。
[countable] (North American English)
(also summons British and North American English)
an order to appear in court（被）引用，引证
- The judge issued a contempt citation against the woman for violating a previous court order.法官对上一次拒不遵守庭谕的那名妇女发出了藐视法庭的传讯。

Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2)): from Old French, from Latin citatio(n-), from citare ‘cite’.