詞彙精選：cite的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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引用，舉例 [T]

例句：

Can you cite another case at all like this one?

你究竟還能不能舉出一個與此相似的案例？

例句：

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

魔鬼爲達到目的不惜引用聖經。

表彰，嘉獎 [T]

例句：

The soldier was cited by the king for his bravery.

這士兵由於英勇而受到國王的褒揚。

例句：

Whichever their views, when campaigning for "open source" they did not cite or advocate those values.

不管他們的觀點是哪一種，“開源”運動中都沒有表彰或提倡這種價值觀。

傳喚，傳訊 [T]

例句：

He was cited for contempt of court.

他因藐視法庭而受到傳訊。

記起，想起；提起 [T]

例句：

Mr Putin likes to cite the precedent of Franklin Roosevelt, who was elected American president four times.

普京似乎想起了這種做法的先驅富蘭克林，這位曾經被四次當選的總統。

二、詞義辨析：

cite,quote,repeat

這些動詞均含“引用，複述”之意。cite指引經據典以示證明或憑據。 quote指不加剪裁的直接引用原文或原話。repeat僅強調口頭或筆頭重複別人的話或字句，並不必指明出處。

三、參考例句：

I cannot cite a like instance.

我一時舉不出類似的例子。

Can you cite another case at all like this one?

你究竟還能不能舉出一個與此相似的案例？

I'll just cite some figures for comparison.

我要引用一些數字作比較。

She can cite a docket of cases of endless separation.

她能說出許多無限期分居案例的案卷摘要。

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

魔鬼爲達到目的不惜引用聖經。

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

魔鬼爲達到目的不惜引用聖經。

Whichever their views, when campaigning for "open source" they did not cite or advocate those values.

不管他們的觀點是哪一種，“開源”運動中都沒有表彰或提倡這種價值觀。

Can you cite any specific evidence in support of your opinion?

你能否引用某個證據來支持自己的意見？

He may cite previous patents and suggest that they anticipate our claims.

他可能列舉以前的專利情況，並提出他們的專利申請早於我們。

Cite a person whose career really took off because of public speaking.

引用一個名人的事例，這個名人正是因爲公開演講才飛黃騰達的。