inverted commas  

inverted commas

inverted commas 

phrase. 引号(等于quotation mark,turned comma);单引号 

I say "truths" in inverted commas, because truths have a habit of being altered as we develop our knowledge. 我说的“真理”是加引号的,因为当我们的知识进一步发展时,真理具有可变性。
The one time the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are mentioned, the word is bracketed between inverted commas, as if it were no more than a Muslim fantasy. 有一次他谈到对伊拉克和阿富汗的军事占领,他的用词是加了引号的,似乎那不过是穆斯林人的幻觉。

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  • phrase. 引号(等于quotation mark,turned comma);单引号
  • 1. I say "truths" in inverted commas, because truths have a habit of being altered as we develop our knowledge.

    我说的“真理”是加引号的,因为当我们的知识进一步发展时,真理具有可变性。

  • 2. The one time the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are mentioned, the word is bracketed between inverted commas, as if it were no more than a Muslim fantasy.

    有一次他谈到对伊拉克和阿富汗的军事占领,他的用词是加了引号的,似乎那不过是穆斯林人的幻觉。

  • 3. The only good thing about this was the spurious inverted commas around watershed, suggesting the author was experiencing some discomfort at the scale of the linguistic crimes being committed.

    这句话中唯一的妙笔就是打在分水岭式两边、表示这个词用得不当的那个引号,说明这种赤裸裸的言语犯罪令作者自己都有些不安。

inˌverted ˈcommas / ; NAmE / noun [plural ] ( BrE) = quotation marks IDIOM in inverted commas ( informal) used to show that you think a particular word, description, etc. is not true or appropriate (对正确性或适合性表示置疑)所谓的,加引号的 The manager showed us to our ‘luxury apartment’, in inverted commas. 经理带我们去看了我们所谓的“豪华单元”。 inˌverted ˈcommas / ; NAmE /
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