quote是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to repeat the words that someone else has said or written -- 引用，引述，援引

  • He's always quoting from the Bible. 他總是引用《聖經》上的話。

  • "If they're flexible, we're flexible", the official was quoted as saying. 援引那位官員的話說：「如果他們能變通，我們也能變通。」

  • She worked, to quote her daughter, "as if there were no tomorrow". 用她女兒的話來說，她工作起來「就像沒有明天似的」。

  • Can I quote you on that (= can I repeat to other people what you have just said)? 你講的那些話我可以轉述給別人聽嗎？

  • [ + two objects ] Quote me one organization that doesn't have some bad managers. 請給我舉出一個沒有不善管理的經理的機構來。

• 1 to give a price, especially one that will be charged for doing a piece of work -- 報價

  • The architect has quoted £90,000 to build a patio. 對露臺部分，建築師開價九萬英鎊。

• 2 the price that a person or company says they will charge to do a piece of work -- 報價

  • I asked several companies to give me a quote for the building work. 我請了幾位元建造商為該工程報價。

• 3 the symbols “ ” or ‘ ’ that are put around a word or phrase to show that someone else has written or said it -- 引號

  • Put the title of the article in quotes. 替文章的標題加上引號。