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. 他总是引用《圣经》上的话。

  • "If they're flexible, we're flexible", the official was quoted as saying. 援引那位官员的话说：“如果他们能变通，我们也能变通。”

  • She worked, to quote her daughter, "as if there were no tomorrow". 用她女儿的话来说，她工作起来“就像没有明天似的”。

  • Can I quote you on that (= can I repeat to other people what you have just said)? 你讲的那些话我可以转述给别人听吗？

  • [ + two objects ] Quote me one organization that doesn't have some bad managers. 请给我举出一个没有不善管理的经理的机构来。

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

  • The architect has quoted £90,000 to build a patio. 对露台部分，建筑师开价9万英镑。

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

  • I asked several companies to give me a quote for the building work. 我请了几位建造商为该工程报价。

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

  • Put the title of the article in quotes. 给文章的标题加上引号。