说中英惯用例句:
| - 你说你付了五镑,账单上却是三镑,这个差异该怎么解释?
You said you paid £5 and the bill says £3; how do you explain the discrepancy? - “她说,她女儿收集我的作品,但是她现在住院了,”帕耶说。
“She said her daughter collected my things, but she was in the hospital,” says Payer. - “不用再谈了,”我说,“就这么办。”
"Then say no more," I said, "It's a go." - 玛丽说:“所有的客人到齐后,你来作饭前祈祷,好吗?”
"When all the guests come, say grace, will you?" said Mary. - 约翰说:“我说,要是我找到了你的东西,那就该谁找到归谁。”
John said, “I’ll say finders keepers when I find something of yours!” - “我没说你们撒谎,我是说要分清真相。”
"I did not say you were lying. I said to tell the truth." - 对不起,我没听清楚你说的话,请你再讲一遍好吗?
Sorry, I didn't catch what you said. Could you please say it again? - 不用多说了。如果你愿意在这里工作,照直说好了。
Enough said. If you feel like working here, you only have to say so. - 他说了要说的话,接着,我还没来得及回答,他就把电话挂断了。
He said what he had to say, and then, before I could reply, he rang off. - 她说了要说的话,接着,我还没来得及回答她就把电话挂断了。
She said what she had to say, and then, before I could reply, she rang off. - 医师张开嘴,原想说一句话,可是什么也没说出来:他的舌头僵住了。
The doctor opened his mouth, tried to say something, but said nothing: he could not speak - 她说佩吉勇敢地承担了她的责任并且准备和另一个家庭断绝关系。
having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home. - 她并不是脱口而出,而是经过考虑以后才说的。
She did not say it on the spur of the moment. She said it in cold blood. - 若未听见某人刚说的话而请其重复时,说对不起?
We say Pardon ? when we did not hear what someone said and want them to repeat it. - 萤火对天上的星说道:“学者说你的光明总有一天会消灭的。”
The learned say that your lights will one day be no more, said the firefly to the stars. - 他说他明白要我说出这些话多不容易,他是多么为我自豪。
He said he knew how hard my words had been to say and how proud he was of me. - “先生,你刚才说——?”弗尔南多等这一段插话一说完就着急的问道。
"You were saying, sir"--said Fernand, awaiting with great anxiety the end of this interrupted remark. - 这位人口普查局官员说"他们问,'为什么非要在父母二人中作出选择呢?
"They're saying, 'Why should we have to choose between the parents?'" the Census Bureau official said. - ”霍尔认为,说“我爱你”的方式和说话人的动机在很大程度上起了主要的作用。
Hall believes that much depends on how“I love you”is said and the motivation of the person saying it. - 他常说这句话,他说:“我工作是因为我热爱这个职业。”
He said those words often. He also covered himself by always saying, "I work because I love my job." - 查尔斯说:“我整个冬天都没生病。”祖父说,“你说这个的时候;最好敲敲木头把魔鬼吓跑。”
Charles said, "I haven't been sick all winter." Grandfather said, "You'd better knock oh wood when you say that." - 《创世纪》中写道:“上帝说:‘只有男人不好。
Genesis says, “ And the Lord God said:‘ It is not good that the man should be alone; - a:没有,还没来,他说要快中午的时候才到。保罗说过他的老板从不迟到的。
A: No, no, he said he'd be here around noon, and Paul says his boss is never late. - 彬格莱说:“我真太高兴了,我的朋友所说的话,经你这么一圆转,反面变成恭维我的话了。
"I am exceedingly gratified," said Bingley, "by your converting what my friend says into a compliment on the sweetness of my temper. - 牙痛时说什么你也不会好受的。
You can't feel at ease with a tooth ache. - 说到我祖父,他继承了这个亚弄店,去广州盘货,乘坐小帆船,往返一次最快要半年到一年时间。
My grandfather took over the warung from his father. He used to go to canton for supplies in a small sailboat.A round trip took at least six months to a year. - 说到我祖父,他继承了这个亚弄店,去广州盘货,乘坐小帆船,往返一次最快要半年到一年时间。日夜在海上飘泊。
My grandfather took over the warung from his father. He used to go to Canton (now known as Guangzhou) for supplies in a small sailboat. A round trip took at least six months to a year. - 琼斯太太要看看不太贵的帽子,售货姑娘摆出副盛气凌的人样子,说这个店不卖便宜货。
Mrs Jones asked to see a less expensive hat. The salesgirl got up on her high horse and said that the shop did not sell cheap merchandise. - 一位售货员说明新产品。
A salesman explains a new product. - 那个推销员确实能说会道。
That salesman could really dish it out. - 那推销员有一种能说服人的谈话方式。
The salesman has a persuasive way of talking. - 或者说,我的母亲可能会选上那个汽车推销商。
Or my mother could have picked the car salesman.
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