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VERB
引述;引用
If you quote someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said.
例句
He quoted Mr Polay as saying that peace negotiations were already underway...
他引用波利先生的话，说和谈已在进行之中。
She was quoted in the Express by an unnamed source as saying: 'I won't bail out those two silly girls.'...
一位匿名的作者在《快报》中引用了她的话说：“我不会保释那两个傻丫头的”。
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N-COUNT
引文；引语；语录
A quote from a book, poem, play, or speech is a passage or phrase from it.
例句
The article starts with a quote from an unnamed member of the Cabinet.
文章的开头引用了一位未透露姓名的内阁成员说过的话。
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VERB
援引，引用(法律条款、事实等)
If you quote something such as a law or a fact, you state it because it supports what you are saying.
例句
Mr Meacher quoted statistics saying that the standard of living of the poorest people had fallen.
米彻先生援引统计数据来说明最贫困人口的生活水平下降了。
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VERB
报(价);开(价)
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.
例句
A travel agent quoted her £160 for a flight from Bristol to Palma...
一位旅行社职员给她开出的从布里斯托尔至帕尔马的机票报价是160英镑。
He quoted a price for the repairs.
他给出了维修费用的报价。
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N-COUNT
报价;开价
A quote for a piece of work is the price that someone says they will charge you to do the work.
例句
Always get a written quote for any repairs needed.
每次进行修理都索要一份书面的报价单。
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V-PASSIVE
报…的牌价;为…报价
If a company's shares, a substance, or a currency is quoted at a particular price, that is its current market price.
例句
In early trading in Hong Kong yesterday, gold was quoted at $368.20 an ounce...
在香港昨天早些时候的交易中，黄金的牌价为每盎司368.20美元。
Heron is a private company and is not quoted on the Stock Market.
赫伦公司是一家私营公司，没有在股票交易市场挂牌。
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N-PLURAL
同 quotation mark
Quotes are the same as quotation marks .
例句
The word 'remembered' is in quotes.
remembered 一词用引号括了起来。
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CONVENTION
原话是;这是…的原话
You can say 'quote' to show that you are about to quote someone's words.
例句
He predicts they will have, quote, 'an awful lot of explaining to do'.
他预计他们需要“大费周章地解释一番”，这是他的原话。