quote 1 S2 W3 AC / kwəʊt $ kwoʊt / 动词 #

1 [不及物和及物动词] to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written

quote from

She quoted from a newspaper article.

He quoted a short passage from the Bible.

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

quote somebody on something

Can I quote you on that?

2 [及物动词] to give a piece of information that is written down somewhere :

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

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

3 [及物动词] to give something as an example to support what you are saying 同义词 cite :

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

quote something as something

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

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

4 [及物动词] to tell a customer the price you will charge them for a service or product :

They quoted a price of £15,000.

quote something for something

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

5 [及物动词] to give the price of a share or currency :

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

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

6 (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 :

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

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

quote 2 S2 AC noun [可数名词] #

1 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 SYN quotation quote from a quote from the minister’s speech 2 in quotes words that are in quotes are written with quotation mark s around them to show that someone said those words 3 a statement of how much it will probably cost to build or repair something SYN estimate :
Always get a quote before proceeding with repair work.