quotes
A quote from a book, poem, play, or speech is a passage or phrase from it.
quotation , citation
The paper starts its editorial comment with a quote from an unnamed member of the House.
该报社论开头引用了一位匿名议员所说的话。
The quote is attributed to the Athenean philosopher Socrates.
该引文出自雅典哲学家苏格拉底。
A quote for a piece of work is the price that someone says they will charge you to do the work.
Always get a written quote for any repairs needed.
通常每次修理都需索要一份书面的报价单。
quotes , quoting , quoted
If you quote someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said.
He quoted Mr Polay as saying that peace negotiations were already underway.
他引用波利先生的话说,和平谈判已在进行。
I gave the letter to the local press and they quoted from it.
我把信交给了当地的报社,他们从中引用了内容。
Mawby and Gill (1987) quote this passage from the Home Office White Paper, 1964.
莫比和吉尔1987年从《1964年英国内政部白皮书》中引用了这一段。
O'Regan cites one exception, quoting from a paper on cancer of the cervix.
奥里根指出了一个例外,这个例外是引自一篇有关宫颈癌的论文。
If you quote something such as a law or a fact, you state it because it supports what you are saying.
The Congresswoman quoted statistics saying that the standard of living of the poorest people had fallen.
这位女国会议员援引统计数据指出赤贫人口的生活水平下降了。
If someone quotes a price for doing something, they say how much money they would charge you for a service they are offering or for a job that you want them to do.
A travel agent quoted her $260 for a flight from Boston to New Jersey.
一家旅行社给她开出的从波士顿到新泽西的航班报价为260美元。
If a company's shares, a substance, or a currency is quoted at a particular price, that is its current market price.
In early trading in Hong Kong yesterday, gold was quoted at $368.20 an ounce.
昨天在香港早市的交易中,黄金被报出每盎司368.20美元的牌价。