quote

verb

OPAL S

/kwəʊt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they quote	/kwəʊt/ /kwəʊt/
he / she / it quotes	/kwəʊts/ /kwəʊts/
past simple quoted	/ˈkwəʊtɪd/ /ˈkwəʊtɪd/
past participle quoted	/ˈkwəʊtɪd/ /ˈkwəʊtɪd/
-ing form quoting	/ˈkwəʊtɪŋ/ /ˈkwəʊtɪŋ/

Idioms

repeat exact words引述

[transitive, intransitive] to repeat the exact words that another person has said or written引用；引述

quote something to quote Shakespeare引用莎士比亚的话
quote something from something He quoted a passage from the minister's speech.他引用了部长的一段讲话。
quote from something They quoted from the Bible.他们引用了《圣经》里的话。
quote somebody/something in something Quote this reference number in all correspondence.请在所有函件中标明这个编号。
He was widely quoted in the American media.他被美国媒体广泛引用。
The figures quoted in this article refer only to Britain.本文援引的数字仅指英国。
Jude is one of three people quoted in the story.裘德是故事中引用的三个人之一。
quote somebody to quote an expert/an official/a source引用专家/官员/消息来源
The minister claimed he had been selectively quoted.部长声称他被选择性地引用了。
quote somebody as doing something The President was quoted in the press as saying that he disagreed with the decision.报刊援引总统的话，说他不赞成这项决定。
She said, and I quote, ‘Life is meaningless without love.’我援引她曾说过的话：“人生无爱一场空。”
quote somebody on something ‘It will all be gone tomorrow.’ ‘Can I quote you on that?’“明天一切将烟消云散。” “我能引用你的这句话吗？”
Don't quote me on this (= this is not an official statement), but I think he is going to resign.不要说这话是我说的，但我想他打算辞职。
quote + speech ‘The man who is tired of London is tired of life,’ he quoted.“厌倦伦敦等于厌倦生活。” 他引述道。

give example举例

[transitive] to mention an example of something to support what you are saying举例说明

quote (somebody) something Can you quote me an instance of when this happened?你能否给我举例说明一下这事发生的时间？
quote something as something an example that is often quoted as evidence of mismanagement常常作为管理不善的证据加以引述的例子

Synonyms mentionmention

refer to somebody/something
speak
cite
quote

These words all mean to write or speak about somebody/something, often in order to give an example or prove something.

mention
to write or speak about something/somebody, especially without giving much information:
- Nobody mentioned anything to me about it.没人跟我提过这事。
refer to somebody/something
(rather formal) to mention or speak about somebody/something:指提到、谈及、说起：
- I promised not to refer to the matter again. 我答应过再不提这事了。
speak
to mention or describe somebody/something:
- Witnesses spoke of a great ball of flame.目击者都谈到有个大火球。
cite
(formal) to mention something as a reason or an example, or in order to support what you are saying:指提及（原因）、举出（示例）证明：
- He cited his heavy workload as the reason for his breakdown.他提到巨大的工作负荷是导致他精神崩溃的原因。
quote
to mention an example of something to support what you are saying:
- Can you quote me an instance of when this happened?你能否给我举例说明一下发生这事的情况？

cite or quote?用 cite 还是 quote？You can cite reasons or examples, but you can only quote examples: He quoted his heavy workload as the reason for his breakdown. Cite is a more formal word than quote and is often used in more formal situations, for example in descriptions of legal cases.Patterns

to mention/refer to/speak of/cite/quote somebody/something as somebody/something
to mention/refer to/cite/quote a(n) example/instance/case of something
frequently/often mentioned/referred to/spoken of/cited/quoted
the example mentioned/referred to/cited/quoted above/earlier/previously

He quoted one case in which a person had died in a fire.他举了有一个人在火灾中丧生的例子。
the most widely quoted and influential study in this field该领域里引证最广、最有影响的研究

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

frequently
often

preposition

phrases

widely quoted

give price报价

[transitive, intransitive] to tell a customer how much money you will charge them for a job, service or product开价；出价；报价

quote something The agent is quoting a guide price of €250 000.代理商报的指导价是25万€。
quote something for (doing) something The price they quoted for the kitchen was too high.他们对厨房的报价太高了。
quote somebody something A garage quoted him £80.一家汽车修理厂给他报了80英镑。
quote somebody something for (doing) something They quoted us £300 for installing a shower unit.他们向我们开价 300 英镑安装淋浴设备。

[transitive] quote something (at something) (finance金融) to give a market price for shares, gold or foreign money为（股票、黄金或外汇）报价

Yesterday the pound was quoted at $1.8285, unchanged from Monday.昨天英镑报价为 1.8285 美元，这个价格从星期一以来未变。

Topics Moneyc1

[transitive] quote something (finance金融) to give the prices for a business company’s shares on a stock exchange为（企业的股份）上市，挂牌

Several football clubs are now quoted on the Stock Exchange.目前有几家足球俱乐部在股票交易所上市。
publicly quoted companies公开上市的公司

Topics Moneyc1

词源late Middle English: from medieval Latin quotare, from quot ‘how many’, or from medieval Latin quota. The original sense was ‘mark a book with numbers, or with marginal references’, later ‘give a reference by page or chapter’, hence ‘cite a text or person’ (late 16th cent.).

Idioms

quote (… unquote)

(also quote, unquote)

(informal) used to show the beginning (and end) of a word, phrase, etc. that has been said or written by somebody else（用于引文的开始和结尾）引文起（…引文止）
- It was quote, ‘the hardest decision of my life’, unquote, and one that he lived to regret.那是，原话起，“我一生最困难的决定”，原话止，而且是他后来后悔了的决定。
- now that the, quote, unquote, ‘real story’ has begun现在,“真实故事”已经开始了

quote

noun

OPAL S

/kwəʊt/

(rather informal)

exact words原话

(also rather formal quotation)

a group of words or a short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc. and repeated because it is interesting or useful引语；引文；语录

The essay was full of quotes.这篇文章满篇皆是引语。
quote from something a quote from a New York Times article引自《纽约时报》的一篇文章
The text begins with a quote from Oscar Wilde.正文以奥斯卡·王尔德的一句话开头。

The quote of the week comes from Mae West.本周引言来自梅・韦斯特。
a direct quote from this morning's paper直接引自今早报纸的语句
a quote from Albert Einstein阿尔伯特・爱因斯坦的话
quotes taken from various lifestyle magazines摘引自各种生活时尚杂志的语录
The article included quotes from detectives who worked on the case.文中引述了办理此案的侦探的话。
This quote comes from a poem by Robert Browning.这句引语出自罗伯特•勃朗宁的一首诗。

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

famous
memorable
quotable
…

verb + quote

take
attribute

quote + verb

come from something

preposition

quote from

price价格

(also rather formal quotation)

a statement of how much money a particular piece of work will cost开价；出价；报价

Their quote for the job was way too high.他们给这项工作开价太高了。

a quote for the hire of the equipment租用设备的价目
Theirs was the lowest quote, so we went with them.他们的报价最低，所以我们让他们来做这项工作。

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

written
free

verb + quote

give (somebody)
get
obtain
…

preposition

quote for

punctuation标点符号

quotes

(also quotation marks)

[plural] a pair of marks (‘ ’) or ( “ ” ) placed around a word, sentence, etc. to show that it is what somebody said or wrote, that it is a title or that you are using it in an unusual way引号

in quotes If you take text from other sources, place it in quotes.引用其他来源的资料要放在引号里。

Topics Languageb2

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

double
single

preposition

in quotes