say /sei/ I. vt. & vi.(said /sed/) 1.说，讲 （跟名词/代词和从句）：Can you say this sentence in English? 你能用英语说这个句子吗? She said that she felt much better. 她说她感觉好多了。 2.写道，报道：The passport says she is 19. 护照上写她19岁。The radio says heavy rain in the afternoon. 广播预报今天下午有大雨。 3.念，背诵： This poem can be both said and sung. 这首诗既可以念又可以唱。 4.比方说(用在插入语中)：Can you come to dinner? Say, 7:30? 能来吃饭吗?比方说七点半? 5.用于句型 或短语：It is said/People say that …据说：It is said that that strange old man is a great artist. (= People say that that strange old man is a great artist. 或 That strange old man is said to be a great artist.) 据说那个怪老头是个伟大的艺术家。［考句］A Dream of the Red Chamber is said to have been translated into dozens of languages in the last decade.据说《红楼梦》在过去十年中已经翻译成数十种语言。say hello(good-bye, sorry) to sb.向某人问候(告别，道歉) ；say yes/OK (no) to sb. 同意(拒绝)某人；say to oneself 心里想 ；that is to say 也就是说：They left two weeks ago, that is to say, on July 27th. 他们是在两周前，也就是7月27日走的。I say (AmE. Say) (引起话头，或表示惊奇、反悔)喂，啊，哎，唷：Say, Tom, I want to have a word with you. 哎，汤姆，我想和你说句话。to say nothing of 另外还有（表示补充）：It would be an enormous amount of work, to say nothing of the cost.这或许是一份分量很重的工作，另外还有开支。to say the least（至）少说：She’s embarrassed about her bad temper, to say the least.至少说，她的坏脾气弄得她很尴尬。‖II. n. 发言权，意见(多作［u］，有时加不定冠词)：have the final say最后决策；have no say in the matter这件事无发言权
saying n.谚语，俗语
