| 词汇 | scare-quotes |
| 释义 | scare quotes noun[ plural ] uk /ˈskeə ˌkwəʊts/ us /ˈsker ˌkwoʊts/ 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: （为引起特别注意，或表示用词欠妥等的）提示性引号，着重引号 To begin with, "truth" is in quotation marks. Such quotation marks are commonly called "scare quotes" to signal a non-straightforward meaning.首先，“真相”是用引号引起来的。这样的引号通常被称为“着重引号”，用来提示一种隐晦的意思。 I will not join Twitter, but if I did, I would "follow" you. I use scare quotes because that just sounds creepy to me. I’ve put scare quotes around “fermions” and “bosons”, for reasons that are obvious to anyone who has taken more than a passing glance at Garrett’s paper. You can add scare quotes to "imperialism" in that sentence if it's strictly necessary for your mental health. The scare quotes sound the alarm, and so alert readers to the idea that something is deficient or inappropriate about the word being used. Punctuation abbreviated accent acute apostrophe at sign block capitals caron comma curly bracket dash diacritical hyphen punctuation mark round bracket small cap small capitals solidus square bracket stroke tilde You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Threats & warnings Examples of scare quotesscare quotes Operatic song is always 'composed' (scarequotes) by the operatic personage in question. For it is the scarequotes that perfectly preserve the distinction between realistic and operatic song. So, in that sense all operatic characters must be 'composers' (scarequotes) of their 'conversation'. The reader may have noticed our scarequotes around 'meaning' (at the opening of section 7 and earlier). Well the whole argument, obviously, is based on leaving out the scarequotes. The term "scarequotes" may be confusing because the word "scare" implies provocation, yet the term covers emotionally neutral usage as well. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Stove contended that these authors got around this problem by using these success words, but in scarequotes, e.g., knowledge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this case, unlike many other applications of scarequotes, the enclosed word is an actual quotation from another source. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fact that these words were used regularly, even if in scarequotes, gave the impression that the view being put forward was somehow not rejecting these concepts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Alternatively, material in scarequotes may represent the writer's concise (but possibly misleading) paraphrasing, characterization, or intentional misrepresentation of statements, concepts, or terms used by a third party. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Scarequotes may be used to express disagreement with the original speaker's intended meaning without actually establishing grounds for disagreement or disdain, or without even explicitly acknowledging it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Orthographic conventions to mark or substitute for prosody include punctuation (commas, exclamation marks, question marks, scarequotes, and ellipses), and typographic styling for emphasis (italic, bold, and underlined text). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A bracketed exclamation point or question mark as well as scarequotes are also sometimes used to express irony or ironic sarcasm. 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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