Word · Frequency #5331
quotation
引用语，语录
A group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker.
通常指从文章或演讲中引用的部分
- 1.
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
引文；引语(如文学或著名演讲中的片段)
- 2.
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
承认信息来源或引用段落的简短说明
- 3.
The act of quoting someone or something.
引用行为
- 4.
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
被引用或引述的段落或表达
- 5.
A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
报价；牌价
- 6.
a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
证券或商品的当前市场价格的声明
- 7.
The act of setting a price.
定价行为
报价，牌价；引文；引语(如文学或著名演讲中的片段)；承认信息来源或引用段落的简短说明；引用行为；被引用或引述的段落或表达
In use
The speaker began his speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.
Please provide a quotation for repairing the roof.
Her essay included several quotations from primary sources.
quotation from + source
表示引用的来源
She used a quotation from Einstein.
她引用了爱因斯坦的一句话。
direct / indirect quotation
区分直接引语和间接引语
This is a direct quotation from the novel.
这是小说中的直接引语。
quotation marks
quotation marks 指引号符号
Put the title in quotation marks.
Connections
Collocations
- direct quotation
- 直接引语
- The professor used a direct quotation from the original text.教授使用了原文的直接引语。
- quotation marks
- 引号
- Remember to put quotation marks around the exact words.记得在确切的话语周围加上引号。
- get a quotation
- 获得报价
- We need to get a quotation from three different suppliers.我们需要从三个不同的供应商那里获得报价。
- quotation from
- 出自……的引文
- She included a quotation from Shakespeare in her essay.她在文章中引用了一段莎士比亚的语录。
- stock quotation
- 股票牌价
- The stock quotation for Apple rose sharply today.苹果公司的股票牌价今天大幅上涨。
- provide a quotation
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想quote（引用）加ation（名词后缀），得quotation表示引用的话或报价。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：[object Object]、[object Object] 该词在学术写作中多指引用语，在商业中常指报价，语域差异明显。
Grammar Note
常与from连用，如a quotation from Shakespeare
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the common ending -tion, pronounced /ʃən/, which matches the ending of 'quotation'. No common lookalikes with different pronunciations are included.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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