quotation

quotation

1. quotation的形容词形式为quotationary，表示与引语有关的。

1. quotation作为名词，表示引文、引语。
2. quotation也可指行情报价。
3. quotation还可指报价单。
4. quotation也可指引用、引述的动作或结果。

词语辨析：

quotation与quote的意义接近，都可表示引文、引语，但quotation更常用于正式场合。

词汇扩充：

quotation mark：引号

quotation book：引语集

quotationist：引语撰写者

近义词：

quote, citation

反义词：

original, paraphrase

柯林斯词典解释：

名词：

1. A quotation is a sentence or phrase taken from a book, poem, or play, which is repeated by someone else.
2. A quotation is a statement made by someone which is repeated by someone else.
3. Quotations are the written or spoken sentences that contain the words that someone else has said or written.
4. A quotation is a statement of how much money you would have to pay for a particular job or service.

动词：

1. If you quotation someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said.

牛津词典解释：

名词：

1. A quotation from a book or other piece of writing is a passage or phrase from it.
2. A quotation is a sentence or phrase from a book, poem, or play which is repeated by someone else.
3. A quotation is a statement which expresses a price for goods or services.

动词：

1. If you quotation someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said.

用法：

quotation作为名词时常用复数形式quotations。

相关的例句：

1. I found this quotation in one of Shakespeare's sonnets.
2. He used to repeat quotations from Shakespeare.
3. Her book is full of quotations from other people's works.
4. Could I have a quotation for the cost of building a garage, please?
5. I would like to quotation the President's words exactly.
6. She quotationed a line from the poem in her speech.