引用

• 拼音: yǐn yòng
• 汉字拆解: 引 = 弓 + 丨 (bow + arrow — to draw out); 用 = a vessel with contents (to use, to employ)

含义

To quote; to cite; to invoke. Using someone else's words, data, or authority to support an argument or statement.

Used in academic writing (引用文献), legal contexts (引用法条), and everyday speech (引用名言). Implies explicit attribution — quoting with acknowledgement of source. Slightly more formal than 用 alone. Also used in computing for referencing variables or data structures (引用类型).

例句

1. 这篇气候变化综述共引用472篇文献，其中百余项来自近十年《自然》和《科学》原创研究。
2. 辩护律师多次引用国际人权公约条款，并援引三起相似先例，说明指控证据不足。
3. 演讲者开场引用一位十九世纪英国哲学家的论述，借此引出人工智能治理的伦理议题。

用法指南

语境: academic, legal, literature, media

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 写政策分析报告时，作者应严格引用数据来源、年份和报告名，以保证结论可信。(When writing a policy analysis report, the author should strictly cite the data source, year, and report title to ensure credible conclusions.)
• 法官在判决书中引用最高法关于网购平台责任的最新解释，认定平台应承担连带赔偿。(In the judgment, the judge cited the Supreme People's Court's latest interpretation on online platform liability and ruled that the platform should bear joint compensation.)

错误说法

• 他引用了那本书 — 引用 requires specifying what is being cited (a passage, argument, or data point), not just the book itself; use 引用了该书中的一段话 or 援引了书中的论点 to be precise about what was cited

起源与历史

引 (to draw out, to invoke — 弓 bow + 丨 arrow) + 用 (to use — 用 phonosemantic: to apply, to employ); together: 'to draw out and employ (words or authority)'

文化背景

时代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal