这些动词均含“引用、复述”之意。
cite : 指引经据典以示证明或凭据。
- She cites both T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf in her article.
她在文章中引用了T.S.艾略特和弗吉尼娅•吴尔夫的作品。 - She cites a favourite poem by George Herbert.
她引用了自己最喜爱的一首乔治·赫伯特的诗。
quote : 指不加剪裁的直接引用原文或原话。
- He's always quoting from the Bible.
他总是引用《圣经》上的话。 - "If they're flexible, we're flexible", the official was quoted as saying.
援引那位官员的话说：“如果他们能变通，我们也能变通。” - She worked, to quote her daughter, "as if there were no tomorrow".
用她女儿的话来说，她工作起来“就像没有明天似的”。 - Can I quote you on that (= can I repeat to other people what you have just said)?
你讲的那些话我可以转述给别人听吗？
repeat : 仅强调口头或笔头重复别人的话或字句，并不必指明出处。
- Would you mind repeating what you just said?
您能重复一遍刚才您讲的话吗？ - Please don't repeat what I've just told you to anyone else.
请不要把我刚才对你所说的话告诉任何人。 - She repeated that she had no intention of running for president.
她重申没有竞选总统的打算。
