quotation

英 [kwəʊ'teɪʃn] 美 [kwoʊ'teɪʃn]

• n. 语录；引用；行情；引语；报价

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]引用,引述

   the act of quoting

2. [C]引文,引语,语录

   a sentence or phrase taken from a work of literature or other piece of writing and repeated, especially in order to prove a point or support an argument

3. [C]时价,报价,行情

   the calculated cost of a piece of work

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 语录
2. 引文，引语
3. 引用，引证，引述
4. 【商】行情，行市
5. 【商】报价单，估价单
6. 报价，牌价，市价，时价
7. 估价
8. 行市表

英英释义

Noun:

1. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

   "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"
   "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"
   "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
   

2. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

3. a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity

4. the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.;

   "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Let us begin our discussion with a quotation.
   让我们用一条语录来开始我们的讨论。
2. The book opens with a quotation.
   这本书以引语开头。
3. Someone could figure out the economic trend by the analysis of security quotation.
   有些人可以通过证券行情分析预测出经济趋势。
4. I found a mistake in this quotation.
   我在这段引文中发现了一个错误。
5. I cannot give you our quotation right now.
   现在我不能给你我们的报价。
6. With regard to our quotation, we will discuss it later.
   关于我们的报价，以后再讨论。
7. They gave me a quotation for mending the roof.
   他们给了我修理屋顶的报价单。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Support your argument by quotation.
   引用他人的话来证明你的论点。
2. He finished his speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.
   他讲话结束时引用了莎士比亚的语录。
3. The insurance company requires tow quotations for repairs to the car.
   保险公司要两份修理这辆汽车的报价单。

经典引文

• Time to sprinkle his..speech with quotations from Shakespeare and Burns.

  出自：Guardian

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• closing〔opening〕 quotation 收市〔开市〕行情
• nominal quotation 名义牌价
• black market quotations 黑市行情
• the final quotations 最后的报价

名词+～

• the daily market quotations 每日市场行情
• the exchange quotations 外汇行情

～+介词

• the quotations for… 的行情
• the quotations from 来自…的行情
• a quotation of… 的牌价
• a quotation of prices 报价
• quotations on a foreign market 国外市场报价

词义辨析

quotation，extract

• 这两个名词均有“引文、引语”之意。
• quotation常指篇幅较短的引语。
• extract指选录或摘录，一般较长。

近反义词

【近义词】

• extract
• saying