He gathered quotations from the trial transcript to prove his point. a well-known quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln a book of humorous quotations She relied heavily on quotation in her essays, which made them less original.
Recent Examples on the WebThere’s no sense of pastiche, no resort to parody; direct quotation is limited to the few moments when Song is performing as Cio-Cio-San.New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Armed with elementary knowledge and a sample letter template, we were tasked with finding a famous quotation, rendering it in calligraphy, and bringing it to class the following week. Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 29 July 2022 The standard quotation dictionaries were Bartlett's Quotations and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. James Brown, USA TODAY, 24 July 2022 An earlier version of this article relied on an inaccurate quotation of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chuying’s remarks provided by state broadcaster CCTV.Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022 Chosen from that line-up, the sneaker headed to auction includes the Chicago-native’s signature quotation marks—carried over to the French label from his Off-White brand—around words on its soles and laces. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2022 For one thing, his characters are often literary folk, given to quotation. Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022 John Madden was the living embodiment of that quotation.Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2021 Will those quotation marks stay in place during the course of the film or will matters start to become homicidal for real? Clark Collis, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2022 See More
1words taken from a book, etc.引文;引語ADJECTIVE | VERB + QUOTATION | QUOTATION + VERB | QUOTATION + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤famous, memorable名言;值得銘記的引語▸➤direct, verbatim直接引語;逐字引用的語句◇a direct quotation from a recent speech by the president直接引自總統近期講話的一段話➤illustrative說明性引語➤selective選擇性引語▸➤biblical, scriptural出自《聖經》的引語VERB + QUOTATION➤take引用語句◇My quotation is taken from 'Hamlet'.我引用的是《哈姆雷特》。➤attribute表明引言的出處➤cite引用話語QUOTATION + VERB➤come from sth引言出自⋯◇Where does that quotation come from?此語引自何處?QUOTATION + NOUN➤marks引號◇If you take text from other sources, place it in quotation marks.如果你的文字來自其他地方,將其置於引號內。PREPOSITION➤quotation from出自⋯的引語◇It's a quotation from a poem by Keats.這句話出自濟慈的一首詩。quotation
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2 (especially NAmE) price that will be charged for a piece of work報價➡ see quoteADJECTIVE | VERB + QUOTATION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤written報價單▸➤free免費報價▸➤detailed詳細的報價VERB + QUOTATION➤give (sb), provide (sb with), supply (sb with)給(某人)報價;向(某人)提供報價◇Most builders will give you a free quotation.大多數建築商都免費提供報價。➤get, obtain取得報價▸➤accept接受報價PREPOSITION➤quotation for⋯的報價◇Always get several quotations for the job.一項工作總宜索要幾份報價。