say

vt. 讲；说明；例如；声称；假设；指明

vi. 讲；表示；念；假定；背诵

n. (Say)人名；(土)萨伊；(法、老、柬)赛；(英)塞伊；(匈、罗)绍伊

vi.

说， 讲；表明，宣称；假设；约莫

vt.

表明；念；说明；比方说

n.

发言权；说话；要说的话；发言权

变形

过去式：said过去分词：said现在分词：saying第三人称单数：says

双语释义

vt. & vi. 说; 讲speak

vt. 说明,表明,宣称 express sth in words; show; give an opinion

vt. 比方说,假定说 suppose; suggest

[S] 决定权,发言权 power or right of (sharing in) acting or deciding

英英释义

say[ sei ]

n.the chance to speak

"let him have his say"

v.

express in words

同义词：statetell

report or maintain

"The registrar says that I owe the school money"

同义词：allegeaver

express a supposition

"Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

同义词：suppose

have or contain a certain wording or form

"What does the law say?"

同义词：read

state as one's opinion or judgement; declare

"I say let's forget this whole business"

utter aloud

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

同义词：ordertellenjoin

speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

"I cannot say `zip wire'"

同义词：pronouncearticulateenouncesound outenunciate

recite or repeat a fixed text

communicate or express nonverbally

"What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"

indicate

"The clock says noon"

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

say a few words讲几句话

say all one knows知无不言

say grace做祷告

say hello问好

say one's lesson背课文

say one's prayers背祷告文

say poetry背诗

say rain预报有雨

say sorry说对不起

～+副词

say actually明确地说

say aloud大声地说

say apologetically抱歉地说

say approximately大概地说

say brusquely鲁莽地说

say confidently满怀信心地说

say coolly冷冷地说

say definitely明确地说

say deliberately故意说

say distinctly清楚地说

say emphatically强调说

say exactly准确地表明

say felicitously贴切地表明

say flatly断言

say frankly坦率地说

say happily高兴地说

say hoarsely声音嘶哑地说

say humbly谦卑地说

say impressively说得明白

say ironically讽刺地说

say openly公开地说

say peevishly气恼地说

say peremptorily专断地说

say perfectly熟练地背诵

say positively明确地说

say reproachfully责备地说

say safely有把握地说

say sardonically挖苦地说

say soothingly安慰地说

say stoutly坚定地说

say succinctly扼要地说

say sweepingly一概而论地说

say tactfully婉转地说

say truthfully如实地说

say unthinkingly未经思考地说

say on接着说

say out说出来

say over背诵

～+介词

say about谈论…

say after跟着…说

say against说…的坏话

say before在…面前说

say for替…说话

say of就…谈看法

say to对…说

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

allow say保留发言权

finish say把话讲完

have all the say有决定一切的权力

have no say没有决定权

say out one's say畅所欲言,无所不谈

形容词+～

final say最后的决定权

bigger say更多的发言权

equal say平等的发言权

little say很少的发言权

major say主要的决定权

much greater say更多的发言权

real say真正的发言权

～+介词

demand a say in sth要求就某事发言

have a say in the matter对某事有发言权

have one's say about sth对…发表意见

词组短语

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

同近义词辨析

speak着重开口发声，不着重所说的内容，一般作不及物动词，用作及物动词，宾语只能是某种语言等少数几个名词，不能接that从句。

say着重所说的话，可用作及物动词，带宾语从句。

tell 表示告诉，有时兼含“嘱咐”，“命令”等。Tell the truth说真话，tell a lie说谎，tell a story讲故事等为固定搭配。Tell是及物动词，但其后不跟that从句。

talk表示通过谈话方式交换意见、思想、消息等，一般只作不及物动词。

这组词都有“说、讲”的意思，其区别是：

state较正式用词，通常指用明确的语言或文字着重地叙述事实，既强调内容又注重语气。

speak侧重于说话动作的本身，着重说话的能力而不在内容，可以是长篇大论的演讲，也可以是三言两语的交谈，甚至指简单的开口发声说话。

say最普通常用词，指用语言表达思想，着重所说的内容。

tell普通用词，指把某事告诉或讲述给某人听，口语或书面语均可用。

utter着重说话的行为，常指声音的使用，突出用噪子发声。

talk普通用词，侧重指与人交谈时的连续说话，可指单方面较长谈话，和speak一样，着重说活动作而不侧重内容。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

He said hello to me with a smile.
他面带微笑地和我打了个招呼。

She said that she liked singing.
她说她喜欢唱歌。

He will of course say yes to my proposal.
他一定会同意我的建议的。

Be quiet, I've something to say to you.
安静, 我有话要对你们讲。

Why don't you make it another time, say Friday?
为什么不改个时间,比如说星期五?

You may learn to play the violin in, say, three year.
你可以,比如说,在三年内学会拉小提琴。

The clock says three o'clock.
这表三点钟了。

用作名词(n.)

We are considering giving them greater say in such matters.
我们正考虑在这样的事情上给他们更多的发言权。

We had no say in the decision to sell the company
在决定出售公司的问题上,我们没有发言权。

Don't interrupt her, let her have her say.
别打断她,让她把意见说出来。

I shall have my own say in the matter.
我会把自己对这个问题的想法说出来。

权威例句

say

say: [OE] Say is part of a widespread Germanic family of ‘say’-verbs, which also contains German sagen, Dutch zeggen, Swedish säga, and Danish sige. These point back to a common Germanic ancestor *sagjan, which was descended from the Indo-European base *seq-. This originally signified ‘point out’, but evolved to ‘say’, and it also lies behind Lithuanian sakýti, Latvian sacīt, Welsh eb, and Latin inquit, all of which mean ‘say’.=> saga, saw

say (v.)

Old English secgan "to utter, inform, speak, tell, relate," from Proto-Germanic *sagjanan (cognates: Old Saxon seggian, Old Norse segja, Danish sige, Old Frisian sedsa, Middle Dutch segghen, Dutch zeggen, Old High German sagen, German sagen "to say"), from PIE *sokwyo-, from root *sekw- (3) "to say, utter" (cognates: Hittite shakiya- "to declare," Lithuanian sakyti "to say," Old Church Slavonic sociti "to vindicate, show," Old Irish insce "speech," Old Latin inseque "to tell say"). Past tense said developed from Old English segde. Not attested in use with inanimate objects (clocks, signs, etc.) as subjects before 1930. You said it "you're right" first recorded 1919; you can say that again as a phrase expressing agreement is recorded from 1942, American English. You don't say (so) as an expression of astonishment (often ironic) is first recorded 1779, American English.

say (n.)

"what someone says," 1570s, from say (v.). Meaning "right or authority to influence a decision" is from 1610s. Extended form say-so is first recorded 1630s. Compare Old English secge "speech."

1. How to say you do not understand.

不理解的情况下你该如何讲。

2. What do your actions say about you?

你的行动是如何说明你的呢？

3. Do you have anything to say about this?

有关这件事你有没有什么要说的？

4. Why do I say so?

为什么我要这样说？

5. Do you have anything to say?

答案：你有什么要说的吗？

6. Say what you have to say.

你要说什么就说什么。

7. Do as I say, not as I do.

照我说的做，不要照我干的做。

8. I feel like you understand everything I say.

我觉得似乎我明白你讲的一切了。

9. What do these figures say?

这些数字说明了什么?。

10. And on behalf of the other honorees, I say thank you.

我代表获得此一荣誉的其他人向你们表示感谢。

11. What do these figures say?

这些数字说明什么?。

12. Do you have anything to say about the accident?

关于这次事故你有什么想说的／想法吗？

13. I agree to what you say.

我同意你所讲的话。

14. I have nothing to say on this question.

在这个问题上，我没有什么话要说。

15. What I have to say refers to all of you.

我要说的事和你们大家都有关。

16. We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are?

我们应该对他们每一个说：你知道自己是什么吗？

17. Do you have to say?

你有重要的事要说吗？

18. Have you anything to say on this topic?

这个话题你还有什么要说的吗？

19. I love you , say we together baby, you and me.

我爱你，说，我们在一起的婴儿，你和我。

20. I shouted at the driver, not knowing what I should do or say.

我对那司机叫喊，我不知道自己该说些什么，该做些什么。

21. What if I say no?

班纳：如果我拒绝呢？

22. On this aspect, I have no any more to say.

在我这方面，我没有什么更多要说的。

23. What do you have to say to your father?

你有什么要告诉你的父亲的吗？

24. And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say?

对他说，这些人所说的，你听见了吗。

25. What? How can you say so?

什么？你怎么能这么说呢？

26. Can you say anything to them?

你能对他们说些什么吗？

27. As I do, you observe, I say!

我是说，就像我所做的，你看到了一样！

28. We say no separation, to be together all the time.

我们说好不分离，要一直一直在一起。

29. Whatever you say, I believe you.

无论你说什么，我都相信你。

30. I believe what they say.

我相信他们所说的。

31. “Don’t get mad,” we say indignantly. “We have plenty of fruit compote.”

“别发疯”，我们愤怒地说：“我们有足够的果盘。”

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32. It would say, for example, 0–9. Short, terse, but very effective.

比如说它显示0~9，简短、简洁，而且非常有效。

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33. “Nope,” we say. “Cookies?”

我们说：“小甜饼呢？”

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34. We’ve got everything,” we say.

我们什么都有。” 我们说：“冰激凌。”

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35. Say that the field is requesting a column width.

比如说这个字段需要一个栏宽。

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36. Many error messages say things like “Invalid input.

许多错误消息框显示：“无效的输入。

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37. Just take the form, we’d say, and figure out the missing information.

我们会说，只需要拿起表格指出缺少的信息就可以了。

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38. Software should work hard to remember our habits and, particularly, everything that we say to it.

软件应该努力记住我们的工作习惯，特别是所有我们告诉过它的事。

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39. There aren’t any tigers here, you say?

“这里没有老虎啊，你说呢？

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40. Some dialogs say Close, some say Apply, some use Done, while others use Dismiss, Accept, Yes, and even OK.

有的对话框使用“关闭”作为终止命令，有的使用“应用”，有的使用“完成”，还有的使用“拒绝”、“接受”、“是”，甚至有的使用“确定”，变化无穷。

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