| 词组 | quotation |
| 释义 | quotation AC /kwəʊˈteɪʃən $ kwoʊ-/ noun a sentence or phrase taken from a book, speech etcverbsa quotation is taken from sth The quotation is taken from ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’, by George Orwell.a quotation comes from sth The following quotation comes from a letter he wrote in 1918.use a quotation President Obama used a quotation from Abraham Lincoln in his speech.adjectivesa famous quotation The incident brings to mind a famous quotation from the Bible: “Put not your trust in princes”.a long/short quotation He included long quotations from the play in his essay. | Two short quotations will illustrate this point.a direct quotation That is a direct quotation from a speech he made last year.a biblical quotation The bishop’s letters are full of biblical quotations.the following quotation The following quotation has always stuck in my mind.prepositionsa quotation from sth/sb At the beginning of the chapter is a quotation from a Chinese philosopher.In more informal English, people say quote: This is a quote from his diary.phrasesa dictionary/book of quotations I looked the phrase up in a book of quotations. |
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