quotation

• n. [貿易] 引用；引用；引用文献

引用、引用、引用から

quotation (n.)

mid-15c., "numbering," later (1530s) "marginal notation," noun of action from quote (v.) or else from Medieval Latin quotationem (nominative quotatio), noun of action from past participle stem of quotare "to number." Meaning "an act of quoting" is from 1640s; that of "passage quoted" is from 1680s. Quotation marks attested by 1777.

1. The book began with a quotation from Goethe.

この本は最初にゲーテの言葉を引用している。

2.He finished his speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.

彼の話の終わりにシェイクスピアの語録を引用した。

3.The raconteur mentioned that the quotation was from the Bible.

物語を語るゲストは、その言葉が聖書から出ていることを指している！

4.The critic padded out the review with quotation from the author.

この評論家はその作家の言葉を引用してこのコメントを寄せた。

5.Can you give me a quotation for building the bridge？

この橋の建設に関する見積もりをくれませんか。