say

释义

v.

说；告诉；讲；表达

n.

发言权；决定权

int.

啧啧；我说

网络

说话；念；比如说

词形变化

第三人称单数：says 现在分词：saying 过去式：said

常用短语 20 组

say to oneself

心里想；自言自语

that is to say

就是；即；换言之

they say

据说；人们说

say when

[俚语]停止；制止

say goodbye

说再见；告别

say for oneself

为自己找借口，为自己辩护

say yes

vt. 同意（允诺，承认）；说对

say about

说到

how to say

怎么说

say nothing

什么也不说

say hello

打招呼；问好

what i say

我说什么

nothing to say

无话可说

say on

v. 说下去

say well

说得对，说得好

hard to say

很难说

say sorry to

对……说对不起

as you say

就像你说的

let us say

比如说；假定；假如说

so to say

可以这么说

在例句中理解 44 句

1. By then Shousheng had already entered, truly covered with mud. The clerk sat down, panting for breath, unable to say a word.

   这时寿生已经跑了进来，当真是一身泥，气喘喘地坐下了，说不出话来。

2. If someone said the sky was the limit, we could say, 'Not quite. ' That is no longer the case.

   过去如果有人说只有天空才是我们的发展上限，我们可能会说“也不全是”，这种话我们现在可以不说了。

3. Hauser went on to say that he had spent most of his life in a small cell with one toy and a bed of straw.

   Hauser说，他一生中的大部分时间都待在一个小屋里，里面只有一个玩具，一张稻草床。

4. You've got a lot to say and it can be easy to try to say it all at once.

   你有很多话要说，轻松尝试一次性说完也很容易。

5. I'd like to say that this is the best of all timer classes, but that would be misleading.

   我愿意说这是所有定时器类中最好的一个，但这会引起误导。

6. Needless to say, the approaching match has been a topic of conversation at the Chelsea training ground.

   毫无疑问，现在这场即将到来的比赛成为切尔西训练场上谈论的焦点。

7. Only way this guy say he'd take me is if he took me to the title.

   他说必须让他带我去打冠军赛他才会签下我

8. A nightingale is a small bird that sings beautifully. When a woman sings beautifully, we say that she sings like a nightingale.

   夜莺是种歌声非常优美的小鸟，当一位女士唱歌很好听时我们经常说她的歌声像夜莺的歌声一样动听。

9. But I also want to tell you that what I am about to say will be confusing.

   但是我仍旧还是要告诉你们我接下来要说的话会令人困惑。

10. Finally the High Priest used a strategy to make Christ speak. He put Him on oath to answer and say that He was the Christ, the Son of God.

    大祭司最终用了一个诡计来使基督开口，要祂用立誓的方式来回答，说祂是基督、是神的儿子。

11. But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

    只是我告诉你们，凡看见妇女就动淫念的，这人心里已经与他犯奸淫了。

12. It's safe to say that in the case of the subprime-mortgage mess, regulation and government subsidies deserve much of the blame.

    可以负责任地说，在混乱的次优级抵押贷款的案例中，监管和政府补贴受到许多的批评。

13. Everything has its double sides. It's hard to say happy or not to be a single. It all depends on what situation you are in.

    每一件事都有它的两面性。很难说单身到底快乐与否。这得取决于你处于什么样的情景。

14. Don't apologize for what you are about to say. Begin with a bang and get straight to the point.

    不要为你所说的感到抱歉，以精彩开头，并且直奔主题。

15. If I regard a certain course of action as good, it is only I who choose to say that it is good and not bad.

    如果我认为这样的一种行为是好的，那也只是我自己的选择，说它是好的而不是坏的。

16. It's easy to assume that because you are a new manager, no one will want to do what you say.

    你很容易这么想：由于你是一个管理新手，没有人愿意照你说的去做。

17. If you think you may have trouble saying something you need to say, write it out and practice.

    如果你觉得要说出你想要说的有困难，那就把它写下来并练习。

18. The grinding noise can be loud enough to wake up your sleeping partner -- some people say it sounds like the person is chewing rocks.

    磨牙的噪音甚至大到可以吵醒同伴-有些人说哪种声音听起来就像是在嚼石头。

19. Scientists say the dry conditions in the Horn of Africa are at least partly the result of an event half a world away.

    科学家们说，在非洲之角的干燥条件下，至少部分是事件的结果半个世界之遥。

20. WE may certainly say of Gracian what Heine by an amiable fiction said of himself: he was one of the first men of his century.

    我们可以坦然地引用海涅在他平易近人的小说中形容自己的话来形容葛拉西安：“他是本世纪第一男子。”

21. If they cannot insist on this, they say, there is nothing to stop their group from being taken over by people hostile to its principles.

    学生们说：如果他们不能坚持这一点的话，就无法阻止其团体被那些对其原则抱有敌意的人所掌控了。

22. I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with you.

    我说这话，不是要定你们的罪。我已经说过，你们常在我们心里，情愿与你们同生同死。

23. I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, 'Please let me drink a little water from your jar, '

    我如今站在井旁，对那一个出来打水的女子说，请你把你瓶里的水给我一点喝。

24. He went on to say that the resumption of the Six-Party talks begun in 2003, but which North Korea withdrew from in 2009, is possible.

    他接着说，六方会谈于2003年开始，但朝鲜于2009年从会谈中退出。恢复六方会谈是可能的。

25. When you do this the dog will have a panic attack. You don't have to say one word here. Just hold his head for a few seconds.

    当你这样做的时候狗儿可能感觉害怕。你不要说任何话。只是控制着他的头部几秒钟。

26. Curly Thai eagerly look forward one day to say to her, Apollo can but she was never met him.

    克丽泰热切地盼望有一天阿波罗能对她说说话，但她却再也没有遇见过他。

27. Being here, we received a warm welcome. from the boson of me heart, I have to say thank you to you.

    同时，我们受到了你们的热情欢迎和款。在这里，我们深表感谢。

28. And when they would say, 'He is not here, ' he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.

    若说你没有在那里，就必使那邦那国的人起誓说，实在是找不著你。

29. The Maro Polo Effect has been going on for far longer than I ever imagined, and I see no reason to say it won't continue on indefinitely.

    马可·波罗现象持续的时间超出了我的想象，而且也没理由不继续下去。

30. My light-verse joke about the Trinity could seem disrespectful, I suppose; but it is a hard concept , as you say, and that's all I meant.

    我那首写三位一体的玩笑式轻松诗可能看起来有失体统，实际上却是像你说的，义正词严，这正是我所要表达的。

31. ‘I’m so tired,’ she said.

    “我太累了。”她说。

32. ‘Don’t cry,’ he said softly.

    “别哭了。”他柔声说道。

33. Don’t believe anything he says.

    他说什么都不要相信。

34. I always said I would buy a motorbike when I had enough money.

    我一直说等我有了足够的钱就买一辆摩托车。

35. I would like to say how much we appreciate your hard work.

    我想说我们对你的辛勤劳动非常感谢。

36. ‘Why did she leave?’ ‘I don’t know – she didn’t say .’

    “她为什么要离开？”“我不知道——她没说。”

37. Although he didn’t say so , it was clear that he was in pain.

    虽然他没说，但是他明显很痛苦。

38. (= why do you think that ) ?

    你怎么会那么说呢？

39. I’d like to say a few words (= make a short speech ) .

    我想简单地说几句。

40. ‘So what are your plans now?’‘ I’d rather not say .’

    “那么你现在的计划是什么？”“我还是不说的好。”

41. If we put out, say, twenty chairs, would that be enough?

    如果我们搬出去比方说20把椅子，够不够?

42. Let’s say your plan fails, then what?

    假设你的计划失败，那怎么办？

43. Let's take any writer, say (= for example) Dickens…

    我们随便举一个作家为例，比如说狄更斯…

44. What makes you say that (= why do you think that ) ?

    你怎么会那么说呢？