英汉词典

say 基本解释

• 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

say 词态变化

say 中文词源

来自古英语 secgan,说，告知，来自 Proto-Germanic*sagjanan,说，告知，来自 PIE*sekw,说， 告知，词源同 saga,saw.引申诸相关词义。

say 英文词源

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."

say 词组搭配

say 英文释义

1. the chance to speak;

"let him have his say"

say 同义词解析

say, speak, state, talk, tell, utter

这些动词均有"说，讲"之意。

say： 最普通常用词，指用语言表达思想，着重所说的内容。

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。

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。

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。

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。

say 双语例句

1. All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports.

不用说，所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。

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2. The deal seems so attractive it would be ridiculous to say no.

这笔交易看上去太诱人了，要是拒绝它简直是笑话。

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3. People always think I'm a fool, and I dare say they're right.

人们总认为我是个傻瓜，想必他们是对的。

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4. He won his first Derby on the aptly named "Never Say Die".

他驾驭着这匹名副其实的“永不言败”夺得了他的第一个德比马赛冠军。

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5. Politicians say it could lead to a dissolution of parliament.

政客们说这可能会导致议会解散。

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say 实用场景例句

'I'm sorry,' he said...

“对不起，”他说。

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She said they were very impressed...

她说他们被深深打动了。

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I would just like to say that this is the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard in my life...

我只想说这是我这辈子听说过的最虚伪的事情。

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I have to say I didn't even know Fox Lane Police Station existed till about four or five years ago...

我必须承认直到四五年前我才知道有福克斯巷警察局 。

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The report says there is widespread and routine torture of political prisoners in the country...

这份报告称该国一直普遍存在折磨政治犯的现象。

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Auntie Winnie wrote back saying Mam wasn't well enough to write...

温妮姨妈回信说妈妈身体尚未康复，无法写信。

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Perhaps I'm still dreaming, I said to myself...

也许我还在做梦，我心里想。

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'Keep your temper,' he said to himself.

“别生气，”他暗暗告诉自己。

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You can get married at sixteen, and yet you haven't got a say in the running of the country...

你 16 岁时可以结婚，但还无权参与国家政事。

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The students wanted more say in the government of the university.

学生们想更多地参与大学的管理。

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The clock said four minutes past eleven...

钟显示时间是 11 点 4 分。

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The map says there's six of them.

地图上显示共有六处。

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I think that says a lot about how well Seles is playing...

我认为那很能说明塞勒斯表现得有多出色。

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The appearance of the place and the building says something about the importance of the project.

从周边环境和这幢大楼的外观可以看出这个项目的举足轻重。

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It says a lot for him that he has raised his game to the level required...

他将比赛技能提至所要求的水平，这说明他颇有能耐。

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It says much for Brookner's skill that the book is sad, but never depressing.

这本书笔调忧伤，却并不令人沮丧，这很能说明布鲁克纳超群的写作技巧。

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He's usually smartly-dressed, I'll say that for him...

我能说的是，至少他通常穿着入时。

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At the very least, he is devastatingly sure of himself, you can say that.

至少还可以说，他对自己是深信不疑的。

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Say you could change anything about the world we live in, what would it be?

假定你能对我们所生活的这个世界作出任意改变，你会改变什么呢？

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To see the problem here more clearly, let's look at a different biological system, say, an acorn...

为更清晰地理解此处的问题，我们来看一种不同的生物系统，比如说，橡子。

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Someone with, say, between 300 and 500 acres could be losing thousands of pounds a year.

比方说，拥有 300 到 500 英亩地的人，可能每年会损失几千英镑。

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Say, Leo, how would you like to have dinner one night, just you and me?

哎，利奥，找个晚上一起吃顿饭如何，就你和我？

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This is my third visit in a week, which says it all.

这是我一周内第3次拜访，这说明了一切。

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'I'm a writer.' — 'You don't say. What kind of book are you writing?'

“我是作家。”——“不会吧。你写哪方面的书？”

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There's a lot to be said for being based in the country.

把总部设在该国有很多优势。

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He's never got much to say for himself.

他向来寡言少语。

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'Well,' she said eventually, 'what have you to say for yourself?'

“那么”，她最后说，“你有什么好说的？”

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It goes without saying that if someone has lung problems they should not smoke.

不用说，有肺病的人不应吸烟。

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The Football Association have had their say.

足协已经发表了意见。

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Say what you like about them, but they did love their Mum.

随你怎么说，但他们确实爱自己的妈妈。

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