quotation

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n. 引用语, 语录, 牌价, 报价 [化] 报价

发音

US /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/

词形变化

quotations 复数 quotations

别名

quot.

教材释义与例句

名词

报价单;引用语;引证

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.

    可数 不可数

    "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.

  2. 2.

    The act of quoting someone or something.

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.

    报价

    可数 不可数

    Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.

  4. 4.

    The act of setting a price.

    不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    A quota, a share.

    可数 废旧 不可数

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotātiō, from Latin quotāre, is attested from the 15th century. The sense “fragment of verbal expression”, attested from the 17th century, may come from this source, or else from the verb quote + -ation.

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