quote
要点引用する
意味
- (…から)〈言葉・文章など〉を引用する(cite)《+名+from+名》
- …を引き合いに出す
- 〈値段・評価額〉を見積もる
- …を引用符で囲む
- (…から)引用する《+from+名》
- (…の)相場(時価)を見積もる《+for+名》
- 見積もり、見積価格、価格を提示されたもの
- =quotation2
- 《複数形で》=quotation mark
例文
He quoted some famous proverbs from the Bible.
彼は有名な諺をいくつか聖書から引用した。
Don't quote me on this, but I agree with you.
これはオフレコだけど、君に同意するよ。
Our quote is the best effort we can make.
私どもの見積りは、最大限の努力をしたものです。
語源
中世ラテン語quotare「(章や節に)番号をふる」(quot「いくつ」)から。番号で箇所を示す「引用する」。
quota(割り当て)も同じ仲間。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.