quotation
- IPA[ˌkwōˈtāSH(ə)n]
美式
- a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker；a short musical passage or visual image taken from one piece of music or work of art and used in another
noun: quotation, plural noun: quotations
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker a quotation from Mark Twain biblical quotations 同義詞
- ▪ a short musical passage or visual image taken from one piece of music or work of art and used in another a quotation from Bartók's Fourth String Quartet
- ▪ the action of quoting from a text, speech, piece of music, or work of art a great argument with much quotation of Darwin
- 2. a formal statement setting out the estimated cost for a particular job or service you will be sent a written quotation for the cost of repairing your machine 同義詞
- ▪ a price offered by a broker for the sale or purchase of a stock or other security.
- 3. a registration granted to a company enabling their shares to be officially listed and traded the company is being refused a quotation on the New York Stock Exchange
