quotation, extract

名詞 quotation:

1. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
   同義詞：citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention
2. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
   同義詞：quote, citation
3. a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
4. the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.

1. I cannot give you our quotation right now.
   現(xiàn)在我不能給你我們的報價。
2. With regard to our quotation, we will discuss it later.
   關于我們的報價，以后再討論。
3. The insurance company requires three quotations for repairs to the car.
   保險公司要三家修理這輛汽車的報價單。
4. They gave me a quotation for mending the roof.
   他們給了我修理屋頂?shù)膱髢r單。
5. I found a mistake in this quotation.
   我在這段引文中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個錯誤。

quo.ta.tion

n.Abbr. quot.（名詞）縮寫 quot.
The act of quoting.
引用：引用的行為
A passage quoted.
被引用的文句
An explicit reference or allusion in an artistic work to a passage or element from another, usually well-known work:
明顯提及，影射：在一件藝術作品中，從他人的文章或原則直接引用或引喻，通常指非常有名的作品：
例句：
.Direct quotations from other paintings are fairly sparse.(Robert Hughes)
.從別人的畫作中直接借用是相當少見的.(羅伯特·休斯)

The quoting of current prices and bids for securities and goods.
報價單：報出有價證券及貨物的時價和出價
The prices or bids cited.
報價：提出的價格或出價

【引伸】
quota.tional
adj.（形容詞）
quota.tionally
adv.（副詞）