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TOEFL BNC: 5331 COCA: 8858

quotation

quotation /kwoʊˈteɪʃən/ noun
plural quotations
quotation
/kwoʊˈteɪʃən/
noun
plural quotations
Learner's definition of QUOTATION
[count] : something that a person says or writes that is repeated or used by someone else in another piece of writing or a speech引语;引文;语录
[noncount] : the act of using quotations in a piece of writing or a speech引用;引述;引证
[count] : a written statement of how much money a particular job will cost to do报价;估价
[count] finance : a statement of the current value of stocks, bonds, or goods(股票、债券或商品的)行情,市价,牌价
TOEFL BNC: 5331 COCA: 8858

quotation

noun

quo·​ta·​tion kwō-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce quotation (audio)
 also  kō-
1
: something that is quoted
especially : a passage referred to, repeated, or adduced
2
a
: the act or process of quoting
b(1)
: the naming or publishing of current bids and offers or prices of securities or commodities
(2)
: the bids, offers, or prices so named or published
especially : the highest bid and lowest offer for a particular security in a given market at a given time

Synonyms

Example Sentences

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 Web There’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

Word History

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of quotation was in 1607
TOEFL BNC: 5331 COCA: 8858
quotation

noun¹

1words taken from a book, etc.引文;引語ADJECTIVE | VERB + QUOTATION | QUOTATION + VERB | QUOTATION + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEfamous, 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 + QUOTATIONtake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 + VERBcome from sth引言出自⋯Where does that quotation come from?此語引自何處?QUOTATION + NOUNmarks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。PREPOSITIONquotation 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

noun²

2 (especially NAmE) price that will be charged for a piece of work報價 see quote ADJECTIVE | VERB + QUOTATION | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEwritten報價單free免費報價detailed詳細的報價VERB + QUOTATIONgive (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PREPOSITIONquotation for⋯的報價Always get several quotations for the job.一項工作總宜索要幾份報價。

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