Word · Frequency #2039
quote
引用；引述
To repeat the exact words that someone has said or written.
- 1.
To repeat (the exact words of a person).
重复(某人的原话)
- 2.
To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
准备工作摘要并定价；估算
- 3.
To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
报出当前价格,尤其是金融证券的价格
- 4.
repeat a passage from
引用
- 5.
To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
用口头或其他方式表示引文的开始
报价；估价；报出（证券的）价格；示意开始引用；重复(某人的原话)；准备工作摘要并定价；估算
In use
She often quotes famous philosophers in her essays.
He quoted a line from the poem during his speech.
I have quoted that statistic several times in this report.
He quoted the Bible to her
Verb forms
base quote · third person quotes · -ing quoting · past quoted · past participle quoted
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- quote a price
- 报价
- Can you quote a price for the repairs?你能为这些修理报个价吗？
- quote from
- 引用（某作品或讲话）
- She quoted from the poem in her speech.她在演讲中引用了这首诗。
- quote verbatim
- 逐字引用
- The newspaper quoted his remarks verbatim.报纸逐字引用了他的话。
- quote a passage
- 引用一段文字
- He quoted a passage from the novel.他引用了小说中的一段。
Idioms & figurative uses
- quote... unquote
- 口头表示引语的开始和结束，常用来强调或表示不赞同He said the results were, quote, “very positive,” unquote.他说结果“非常积极”，原话如此。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：把别人的话‘扣’下来，成了引用；给工作‘扣’个价，成了报价——都是quote。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面引用、商业询价/报价、金融行情 作为动词时，通常用于引用他人原话、报价或估价等场景，日常对话和较正式的商业、金融场合都比较常见；在很正式的学术写作中，可能更倾向于使用cite或repeat，但口语里quote很自然。
Grammar Note
及物动词，常与from连用表示出处
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词均与 quote /kwəʊt/ 押韵，结尾发 /əʊt/。拼写方面，-ote（note, vote, wrote）和 -oat（coat, boat, float）都发这个音。注意：quite /kwaɪt/、quiet /ˈkwaɪət/ 拼写相似但发音不同，不要混淆。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，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。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.