quotationmarks(= thesymbols“ ” or ‘ ’ )that are sometimes put around a word or phrase in a writtensentenceinorderto show that the word is being used in aspecialway or in a way that may not becorrectortrue:
（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
Tobeginwith, "truth" is inquotationmarks. Suchquotationmarksarecommonlycalled "scarequotes" tosignala non-straightforwardmeaning.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。
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I will notjoinTwitter, but if I did, I would "follow" you. I usescarequotesbecause that justsoundscreepyto me.
I’ve putscarequotesaround “fermions” and “bosons”, forreasonsthat areobviousto anyone who has taken more than apassingglanceat Garrett’spaper.
You canaddscarequotesto "imperialism" in thatsentenceif it'sstrictlynecessaryforyourmentalhealth.
Thescarequotessoundthealarm, and soalertreadersto theideathat something isdeficientorinappropriateabout the word being used.
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Operatic song is always 'composed' (scarequotes) by the operatic personage in question.
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For it is thescarequotesthat perfectly preserve the distinction between realistic and operatic song.
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So, in that sense all operatic characters must be 'composers' (scarequotes) of their 'conversation'.
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The reader may have noticed ourscarequotesaround 'meaning' (at the opening of section 7 and earlier).
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Well the whole argument, obviously, is based on leaving out thescarequotes.
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The term "scarequotes" may be confusing because the word "scare" implies provocation, yet the term covers emotionally neutral usage as well.
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Stove contended that these authors got around this problem by using these success words, but inscarequotes, e.g., knowledge.
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In this case, unlike many other applications ofscarequotes, the enclosed word is an actual quotation from another source.
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The fact that these words were used regularly, even if inscarequotes, gave the impression that the view being put forward was somehow not rejecting these concepts.
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Alternatively, material inscarequotesmay represent the writer's concise (but possibly misleading) paraphrasing, characterization, or intentional misrepresentation of statements, concepts, or terms used by a third party.
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Scarequotesmay 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.
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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).
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A bracketed exclamation point or question mark as well asscarequotesare also sometimes used to express irony or ironic sarcasm.
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