Quotation
[kwə(ʊ)'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [kwo'teʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; 'since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation'.
(noun.) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited.
(noun.) a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity.
克莱儿整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of quoting or citing.
(n.) That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
(n.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.
(n.) Quota; share.
(n.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc.
伊丽莎白编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Citation, extract.
胡安编辑
娱乐性解释：
n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.
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例句:
- For ordinary draught purposes, as in the quotation from the _Iliad_ we have just made, oxen were employed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Another quotation from Major Eaton is of interest in this connection: Now a word about the Goebel case. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- I remembered in one of her harshest moments a quotation of mine had roused her to anger and disdain. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- When we arrived at Dover, New Jersey, we got a New York newspaper, and I called his attention to the quotation of that day on General Electric. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- We had a paper-weight at the transmitter (to speed it up), and by one o'clock reached the right quotation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- It is impossible to avoid a second quotation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He can pick up any one of these six books, refer quickly to a statement, verify a quotation, and go on writing. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I have no doubt you can finish the quotation. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Have not I just given you a specimen, in the shape of a handsome quotation? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- The quotation of a phrase or so will serve to show to what the patriotic anger of Demosthenes could bring him. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Result--his concern often suffered considerable loss of profit because his quotation cards did not reach the people for whom they were intended. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He returned to his office resigned to the task of addressing his 100 daily quotation cards by pen and ink. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- As public opinion can be best illustrated by actual quotation, we shall present a characteristic instance. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The requirements of his business necessitated the daily addressing of 100 quotation cards. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Gold fell to 132, and it took us all night to get the indicator back to that quotation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Twenty-five instruments were energized from one circuit, and the quotations were supplied from a central at 18 New Street. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Each firm had its own army of boys, numbering from twelve to fifteen, whose duties were to ascertain the latest quotations from the different exchanges. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The Gould and Fisk crowd had cornered gold, and had run the quotations up faster than the indicator could follow. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The reader may have noticed in a perusal of this chapter the lack of autobiographical quotations, such as have appeared in other parts of this narrative. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- This exhibited merely the prevailing price of gold; but as its quotations changed from instant to instant, it was in a most literal sense the cynosure of neighboring eyes. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Quotations were transmitted by the Morse telegraph from the floor of the Stock Exchange to the central, and thence distributed to the subscribers. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Mr. Callahan's first idea was to distribute gold quotations, and to this end he devised an indicator. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- While with them I devised a printer to print gold quotations instead of indicating them. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Pope and Edison invented a one-wire printer, and started a system of 'gold printers' devoted to the recording of gold quotations and sterling exchange only. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- To-day, as usual, his quotations fell ineffectual: he soon shifted his ground. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
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