Translations for „inverted comma“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

inverted comma N mainly Brit

inverted comma

(单)引号 yǐnhào

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If what the inverted commas enclose is not a sentence in itself but only a part thereof, the second inverted comma stands left-leaning directly to the ending character.

en.wikipedia.org

So it should be either "so-called" or in inverted commas, but not both.

www.independent.co.uk

The generic name is invalid, thus the inverted commas.

en.wikipedia.org

John, why did you put inverted commas around "white owners"?

www.news24.com

I'm putting that word in inverted commas because it covers an extraordinary amalgam.

www.irishexaminer.com

At the turn of the millennium the nostalgia industry was already vibrant -- but packaged, as it were, in inverted commas.

www.ft.com

I say "free" in inverted commas because there is a cost.

www.stuff.co.nz

I am a boring suburban dad in inverted commas.

www.independent.ie

I put the word work in inverted commas because he's not actually done anything.

www.dailymail.co.uk

They throw the emphasis on to the individual performances, and occasionally, drolly, close in to frame a scene like an enormous pair of inverted commas.

www.spectator.co.uk