[I,T] to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written

引用，引述:

She quoted from a newspaper article.

她引用了报纸上一篇文章的内容。

He quoted a short passage from the Bible.

他引用了《圣经》里的一小段内容。

A military spokesman was quoted as saying that the border area is now safe.

报道引述军方一名发言人的话，说边境地区现在很安全。

Can I quote you on that?

那是你说的，我能照实说吗？

[T] to give a piece of information that is written down somewhere

引用〔写在某处的信息〕:

You can order by phoning our hotline and quoting your credit card number.

可以通过拨打我们的热线电话，报出你的信用卡号码来预订。

He quoted a figure of 220 deaths each year from accidents in the home.

他援引了一个数字 — 每年有 220 人死于家居意外。

[T] to give something as an example to support what you are saying

举例说明;

Mr Jackson quoted the case of an elderly man who had been evicted from his home.

杰克逊先生举了一个例子，说有一位老人被赶出了家门。

He quoted the example of France as a country with good rail service.

他举了法国为例，说法国是铁路服务很完善的一个国家。

The nurses' union was quoted as an example of a responsible trade union.

护士联盟被认为是一个负责任的工会组织的典范。

[T] to tell a customer the price you will charge them for a service or product

报〔价〕，开〔价〕:

They quoted a price of ￡15,000.

他们报价是 15,000 英镑。

The firm originally quoted ￡6,000 for the whole job.

公司最初给这整项工作报价 6000 英镑。

[T] to give the price of a share or CURRENCY

给〔股票或货币〕报价:

The pound was quoted this morning at just under $1.46.

今天早上英镑的牌价不到 1.46 美元。

The company is now quoted on the stock exchange (=people can buy and sell shares in it) .

这家公司现在已经在证券交易所挂牌上市了。

(I) quote, [spoken] used when you are going to repeat what someone else has said, to emphasize that it is exactly the way they said it

〔作插入语〕这是某人的原话:

The minister said, quote: 'There will be no more tax increases this year.'

部长说，这是他的原话:“今年不会再加税了。”

quote … unquote, [spoken] used at the beginning and end of a word or phrase that someone else has said or written, to emphasize that you are repeating it exactly

〔用于引文的开始和结尾〕原话起…原话止

a sentence or phrase from a book, speech etc which you repeat in a speech or piece of writing because it is interesting or amusing

引文，引语; 引用;

a quote from the minister's speech

引自部长演讲的一句话

in quotes, words that are in quotes are written with QUOTATION MARKS around them to show that someone said those words

在引号里

a statement of how much it will probably cost to build or repair something

〔建成某物或修理某物的〕报价单;

Always get a quote before proceeding with repair work.

找人修理一定要先叫他们报价。