If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.

—— Vincent van Gogh

如果你心里的聲音說：『你不會畫畫』，那你務(wù)必要作畫，那個聲音將會消失。

——文森特·梵高

一、關(guān)于say，你應(yīng)該知道的用法有

interj.

喂，哎呀 hey

I say, Henry, you've got yourself another stripe!

喂，亨利，你的肩章上又多了一條杠了。

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n.

1.發(fā)言權(quán)?the right to influence sth by giving your opinion before a decision is made

Ken wanted to paint the room green but his wife had already chosen pink and he had no say in the matter.

肯想把這間屋子漆成綠色，但他的妻子卻決定要刷成粉紅色的，他在這件事上沒有發(fā)言權(quán)。

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2.要說的話，意見?an expression of opinion?

I've had my say.

我要講的都講了。

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v.

1.說，講 [T]?to speak or tell sb sth, using words

He went on to say that the funeral was a ritual because the Queen disliked Diana.

他繼續(xù)說那葬禮只是禮節(jié)上走走過場，因為女王不喜歡黛安娜。

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2.講述，說明 [T]?to state as opinion or belief

That may say as much about the hedonism and anomie of the 1970s as about the contagiousness of slang.

這既可說明70年代人們那種享樂主義和頹廢反常的心理，也顯示了俚俗語的感染力之強(qiáng)。

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3.表明，指明 [T]?indicate, show

Some estimates say Americans spend as much as 70,000 million dollars a year for everything connected with weddings.

一些估算表明，每年美國人花費700億美元用于與婚禮相關(guān)的事宜。

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4.假定，假設(shè) [T]?suppose, assume

Let's say you miss the train, what do you plan to do?

假定你趕不上火車，你準(zhǔn)備怎么辦?

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5.（常用作插入語）比如說，例如，估計 [T]?to suggest or give sth as an example or a possibility

You may learn to play the violin in, say, three years.

你可以，比如說，在三年內(nèi)學(xué)會拉小提琴。

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二、下面我們來學(xué)習(xí)一下含有say的常見短語

that is to say

即,也就是說

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三、學(xué)會say的用法了嗎？來做個小測試鞏固一下

You could learn the basics in, let's ___, three months.
? ?比方說,三個月你就可以掌握基本知識。