quote

引用、引用文

誰かが話したり書いたりした言葉を、そのまま繰り返したもの。

やさしい英語で： Words that someone else has said or written, repeated exactly.

• That is my favourite quote.
• He added a quote from the book to his essay.
• Where did you find those quotes?

使い方： a quote from someone/something (She opened her speech with a quote from a poet.)

類義語： quotation

よく使う表現： a famous quote, quote from someone, a direct quote, include a quote

見積もり、相場

予定される費用や、現在の価格・価値を示したもの。

やさしい英語で： A statement of how much something will cost, or its current price or value.

• The builder sent us a quote.
• Get three quotes before choosing a supplier.
• The website displays the latest stock quote.

使い方： a quote for something (We asked for a quote for the roof repairs.)

類義語： quotation, estimate

よく使う表現： get a quote, quote for something, price quote, insurance quote

引用符

引用する言葉の前後や、特定の語を囲むために使う記号。

やさしい英語で： A written mark used before or after someone's exact words, or around a particular word.

• Put the title in quotes.
• You forgot the closing quote.
• Should I use single or double quotes here?

類義語： quotation mark, inverted comma

よく使う表現： single quote, double quote, opening quote, in quotes

引用する

誰かが話したり書いたりした言葉を、変えずにそのまま伝える。

やさしい英語で： To repeat exactly what someone has said or written.

• Please don't quote me.
• He quoted a line from his favourite poem.
• The newspaper has quoted her words incorrectly.

使い方： quote someone/something (The article quotes several local residents.); quote from something (She quoted from a letter her father had written.)

類義語： repeat, cite

よく使う表現： quote someone, quote from something, quote someone's words, quote a passage

見積もる、価格を提示する

仕事や商品に対して、いくら請求するかを相手に伝える。

やさしい英語で： To tell someone how much you will charge for a job or product.

• Can you quote a price?
• They quoted us fifty pounds for delivery.
• The electrician has quoted for rewiring the house.

使い方： quote someone an amount for something (The garage quoted me two hundred pounds for the repair.); quote for something (Three firms have quoted for the building work.)

類義語： estimate

よく使う表現： quote a price, quote someone something, quote for something

引用の開始を示す

他人の言葉をそのまま伝える部分がどこから始まるかを示す。

やさしい英語で： To show or say where another person's exact words begin.

• He quoted the phrase with a small gesture.
• She quoted the next words by raising two fingers on each hand.
• The speaker quoted the phrase aloud before reading it.

よく使う表現： quote the phrase, quote the words

引用開始

他人の言葉をそのまま繰り返す前に、引用の始まりを告げる語。

やさしい英語で： Said before repeating someone's exact words to show where those words begin.

• He called it, quote, a wonderful idea, unquote.
• She said the room was, quote, perfectly clean.
• They described him as, quote, the best candidate, unquote.

よく使う表現： quote unquote, quote a genius