摘引
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English
- to quote; to cite
- to quote; to pick and quote
粵語 — Cantonese
- 喺一篇文字或者一段講話裏面,揀某一句或者某一段出嚟,擺喺自己嘅作品,幫助闡釋,或者畀讀者參考
Examples
嗰位專欄作家不時都會摘引名言,但係我又唔見得同佢文章內容有關係。
That columnist often includes famous quotes, but I can't see they are really relevant to the contents of his articles.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk