scare quotes
基本解釋
- （為引起特別注意，或表示用詞欠妥等的）提示性引號，著重引號。
英漢例句
- There was a bomb scare during the procession.
在列隊(duì)行進(jìn)時(shí)因懷疑有炸彈而引起恐慌。 - I could hardly scare up ten shillings.
我連十個(gè)先令也得不到。 - The tension was relieved, the war scare was over.
緊張形勢緩和了，怕爆發(fā)戰(zhàn)爭的恐慌情緒過去了。 - He often quotes the sayings of Kant.
他常引用康德的話。 - He quotes the Bible to support his beliefs.
他引用《圣經(jīng)》來支持他的信仰。
英英字典
- quotation marks (= the symbols “ ” or ‘ ’ ) that are sometimes put around a word or phrase in a written sentence in order to show that the word is being used in a special way or in a way that may not be correct or true