How do you get up, get up; Cos driving won't do it; Flying won't do it; Denying won't do it; Crying won't drown it out what you said.

——The Wanted

你如何才能振作，振作；因为飞车没有用，飞翔也没有用，否认没有用，哭喊也无法掩饰，你曾经说过的话。

——英国偶像团体

一、关于said，你应该知道的用法有

interj.

喂，哎呀

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

喂，亨利，你的肩章上又多了一条杠了。

n.

1.发言权

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

肯想把这间屋子漆成绿色，但他的妻子却决定要刷成粉红色的，他在这件事上没有发言权。

2.要说的话，意见

I've had my say.

我要讲的都讲了。

v.

1.说，讲[T]

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

他继续说那葬礼只是礼节上走走过场，因为女王不喜欢黛安娜。

2.讲述，说明[T]

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

这既可说明70年代人们那种享乐主义和颓废反常的心理，也显示了俚俗语的感染力之强。

3.表明，指明[T]

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，每年美国人花费700亿美元用于与婚礼相关的事宜。

4.假定，假设[T]

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

假定你赶不上火车，你准备怎么办?

5.（常用作插入语）比如说，例如，估计[T]

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

你可以，比如说，在三年内学会拉小提琴。

 

二、said的常见短语，你会用吗？

that is to say  即，也就是说

 

三、学会said的用法了吗？来做个小测试吧

She misunderstood what I       . 

她误解了我所说的话。

When she        that, I belted into her. 

她说了那事以后，我痛骂了她一顿。