| 词汇 | example_english_inverted-commas |
| 释义 | Examples of inverted commasThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Printed rubrics from the libretto are in italics; sung text is in invertedcommas. Invertedcommas around taxonomic names imply that taxonomic attribution at this level is questionable. When a word or phrase is placed in invertedcommas, it allows us a provisional use of it. It is iterative and has the appearance of slang, and is commonly put in invertedcommas. Invertedcommas make a word inclusive beyond its initial meaning. These rules are sometimes arbitrary and irrelevant to the sense; for example, that commas and periods come inside invertedcommas, and colons and semi-colons outside. I use invertedcommas to signal that this seemingly innocent term has to cover so much that containing it is as difficult as defining it. The invertedcommas around belongs suggest perhaps that standard notions of constituency do not apply here. Now, when we put a word in invertedcommas are we in effect placing it within a proscenium, theatricalizing it? Linguistically speaking, placing a word in invertedcommas has the opposite effect; it becomes more inclusive. The placing of the closing invertedcommas after the sentence-final stop is a common publishers' convention, if an illogical one. Interestingly, in the latter case, the word is often placed within 'invertedcommas'. This is nowhere so well illustrated as in the thousands of invertedcommas which litter academic papers (my own included). The very words have scarcely yet entered the historian's vocabulary, except perhaps to the accompaniment of deprecatory invertedcommas. One set of values is not merely exchanged for another, however, but placed in the background, so that its substitution appears, so to speak, in invertedcommas. Because it's conscious, it can sometimes be a little more clumsy perhaps, or it can evoke pastiche, or you feel the invertedcommas going up: 'here's the folk bit'. One cannot possibly appeal to men under these conditions to act, as it is said in invertedcommas, "responsibly" towards their industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They stay—perhaps this should be in invertedcommas—under local government control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ought to say "capitalist" is in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Or is he perhaps misusing the word and using it in invertedcommas? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I took down his words in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I put the word in invertedcommas because it is not borrowed in the true and honest meaning of the word. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It mentions the £800 million loss, putting the word "loss" in invertedcommas, thereby slightly pulling the punch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am looking at page 18, which in paragraph 12 refers to "fiscal adjustment" tout nu—just like that, in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am increasingly inclined to put that word in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, "short debate" should be in invertedcommas! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am glad that they put the word in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I of course use the word "charge" in invertedcommas in this connection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do the invertedcommas around those words mean they are not really statutory bodies or that they have a higher breeding? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I use the word "married" in invertedcommas, because that was the whole question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Note that it actually uses the phrase without invertedcommas, implying that there is such a group. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I put invertedcommas around this, however the interpreters may translate these. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I say "poor fellows" in invertedcommas, because they have not been so poor as all that in their time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is true that they do not appear in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are lots of invertedcommas in that phrase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard a great deal about contracts, with and without invertedcommas round them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So that method of being voluntary does not work because it is only voluntary in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is in double invertedcommas for some reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have got to cease this crazy idea that the nationalised industries, in invertedcommas, must always provide a profit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be noted that the word "misunderstanding" is in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is democratic centralism: "democratic" in invertedcommas, that is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The farthest it goes in that direction is a scornful reference in paragraph 5 of the explanatory statement to 'neutral' countries (in invertedcommas). From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We on this side are often dubbed by the other side as "planners" with invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have always refused to use that word except in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those last two words are in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I put that word in invertedcommas because parts of our constitution have passed into statute and therefore can be said to be partly written. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These burdens on unions even extend to what appear to be drafting devices in the code involving the use of words in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I put "better" in invertedcommas because some people might think that it was arguable that the performance was better. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We might say that from our point of view they are out of the question if we use invertedcommas, but is that reasonable? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I put the word citizenship in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am particularly interested in the fact that "food" appears in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That part of the article is in invertedcommas and appears to be a quote from the letter, but it is untrue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those last two words should probably be put in invertedcommas. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It leads to absurdities such as this 'right', in invertedcommas, for women to work nights - or to be obliged to do so. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The prices and incomes part of the package should, therefore, be viewed"— and then, in invertedcommas— "as a bonus on top of it all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The words that he metaphorically put in invertedcommas—"drastic reshuffle"—have not crossed my lips. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, do words like "neutral"and"official", when placed within invertedcommas, mean in the one case "less than truly neutral"and in the other"not quite official"? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I did ask that it might have invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I place the word "voluntary" in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The passage in invertedcommas—the new clause itself—is perfectly accurate and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt using the phrase in invertedcommas, he referred to what he called my client. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are two sets of brackets and four sets of invertedcommas, none of which add anything to our understanding of the actual phrase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Reading that passage, one would inevitably conclude that the words in invertedcommas only referred to the public debt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I meant it in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether one puts the word in invertedcommas or not, the implication is that something measurable and saleable will have to be delivered in return for payments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are given in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the injustice—in invertedcommas—which hurts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We claim that we are planners without the invertedcommas, and that these things can only be worked out according to a plan, carefully thought out beforehand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can be hedged round, or put in invertedcommas, or otherwise qualified, but when it comes to our defence, we have to say that we have no enemies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is one word that strikes terror into the minds of everyone in public life, it is the word "consultation", which should usually be put in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is underlined by the striking series of discoveries—my word "discovery" is rather in inverted commas—of arms and ammunition made recently in various locations conveniently near to the frontier. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The earlier question was in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think "fours" ought to be in invertedcommas—four companies in a battalion, four battalions in a brigade, four batteries in an artillery regiment and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I put the word "cheap" in invertedcommas because they sold their food to us at prices which meant sweated labour in the colonies from which they derived. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was perfectly clear, but in invertedcommas, as though it was not really to be taken too seriously—as though it were a slightly decomposing relic from the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word "plus" is in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I put "valuable" in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that in this context the word "losing" should be put in invertedcommas, because from my experience other countries manage these affairs no better than we do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I put the word in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yes, but "advice" in invertedcommas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She could put invertedcommas on a word simply by enunciating it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The generic name is invalid, thus the invertedcommas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Quotation marks, also called quotes, speech marks and invertedcommas, are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to set off direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If what the invertedcommas enclose is not a sentence in itself but only a part thereof, the second inverted comma stands left-leaning directly to the ending character. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Litterae, independently of any manuscript rendering, are enclosed in single invertedcommas. We add the invertedcommas to distinguish true slow shocks from 'slow' shocks, which also include the four kinds of intermediate shocks. In the first four lines we have "titled spouse", "non-titled spouse"and"non-applicant spouse", which, in the first instance, was an afterthought and was put into invertedcommas or brackets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Invertedcommas are positioned so that the first one is right-leaning, and the second one is left-leaning, coming after the ending punctuation mark of the direct speech sentence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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