| 词组 | say |
| 释义 | 1． 在美国口语中，可以用 say 表示“同意”: — This is the best food I've ever had. 这是我吃过的最好的食品。 — You can say that again! 你说得对极了。 — Why don't we have something to drink first? 我们先喝点东西怎样? — You said it. 这话你可说对了。 — The lecture is very boring. 这个讲座很乏味。 — I'll say. 是的。 2． 美国口语中表示“同意”短语还有很多: You bet. You bet I'm. As far as I know. Why not! You've got a deal! You can say so. No problem. Great idea. I know what you mean. Sure. Of course. 3． 在美国口语中，用 say 也可以用于表示“反对”的句型中: — His father is a senator! 他爸爸是议员呀! — That's not saying much. 那说明不了什么问题。 — Elephants can't dance. 大象不会跳舞。 — Who says? 谁说的? 4． 美国口语中，表示“不同意”的短语还有很多: Too bad! Not really. I don't think so. Of course not. I'm afraid not. Are you kidding? That's where I draw a line. Don't look at me! Who knows? What's the point? saying，proverb，adage 这组词都有“谚语”的含义。 1． saying 侧重指人们对日常生活中发生事所归纳出来的一些说法，不一定是名人说的话，可以是一般人或不知来源的俗语、谚语 : “Tomorrow is another day，” he said，repeating many of his say- ings. 2． proverb 强调谚语的“知名度”和“常被引用”，是民间智慧的结晶，常给人以忠告，告诉人们生活的真谛，可以分成 weather proverbs，relationship proverb 等: As the proverb goes，“All the wis- dom you gain you will pay for in pain.” 3． adage 在本组词中最不普通，虽已属于过时之词，但依然能看到它的出现，它意思的涵盖面较广，可以指 practical，ethical guidelines，也可以指 pessimistic comments on life. 下面这些例子都可以叫 adage: In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompe- tence. If anything can go wrong，it will. Everything great and worthwhile in human life is an accumulation of hundreds and sometimes thousands of tiny efforts and sacrifices that no- body sees or appreciates. |
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