say是什么意思_say怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

report or maintain;"He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"
"He said it was too late to intervene in the war"
"The registrar says that I owe the school money"

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?"

have or contain a certain wording or form;"The passage reads as follows"
"What does the law say?"

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority;"I said to him to go home"
"She ordered him to do the shopping"
"The mother told the child to get dressed"

speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;"She pronounces French words in a funny way"
"I cannot say `zip wire""
"Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

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

utter aloud;"She said `Hello" to everyone in the office"

state as one"s opinion or judgement; declare;"I say let"s forget this whole business"

recite or repeat a fixed text;"Say grace"
"She said her `Hail Mary""

indicate;"The clock says noon"

中英词源

say 说，讲，告知，表达

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: 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."

词态变化

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

权威造句

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。

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。

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。

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。

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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近反义词

speak

talk

tell

right

相似短语

say no to 拒绝,否认,不同意

not to say 虽不能说,即使不能说

they say 人们说, 据说, 通常认为

that is to say 即,也就是说

say on v. 说下去

They say 人家说, 据说

say of 说到,谈及

They say ... 据说…

say no 否定否认拒绝, 不批准, 反对

say one"s say 发表意见,畅所欲言

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