说中英慣用例句:
| - 我真想知道她說了什麽.
I'm curious to know what she said. - 她冷言冷語地說.
she said cuttingly ... - 我說他懶惰, 他就狠狠地瞪了我一眼. Cf 參看 cloak-and-dagger (cloak).
He looked daggers at me when I told him he was lazy. - 很難說怎麽辦纔對--我們衹好瞎碰. whistle in the dark => whistle.
It's hard to know exactly what to do we'll just have to take a shot in the dark. - 請允許我說幾句題外話....
If you'll allow a slight digression,... - 你今天的答覆跟你上星期說的恰好相反. Cf 參看 indirect.
Your reply today is in direct contradiction to what you said last week. - 他既聽不見也幾乎不能說話. =>Usage at also用法見also.
He can't hear and he can hardly speak either. - 說也奇怪, 我就在昨天也同妻子談到這件事. fair enough => fair2. sure enough => sure.
Strangely enough, I said the same thing to my wife only yesterday. - 若未聽見某人剛說的話而請其重複時, 說Pardon?. *In this case Sorry? is also used in British English and Excuse me? or Pardon me? in US English. 在這種情況下, 用英式英語還可說Sorry?, 而用美式英語則要說Excuse me?或Pardon me?.
We say Pardon? when we did not hear what someone said and want them to repeat it. - 說這種傻乎乎的謊話了. Cf 參看 lie1 n.
Stop telling such silly fibs. - 事實往往比小說更離奇. Cf 參看 non-fiction.
Truth is often stranger than fiction. - 最後, 我想說....
Finally, I would like to say... - 我得說我對他真是敬佩--我從未想到他能參加甲隊. talk through one's hat => talk2.
I must say I take my hat off to him I neverthought he would get into the first team. - 我們還是聽聽他們要說些什麽吧. =>Usage at feel1 用法見feel1.
We'd better hear what they have to say. - 說一聲對不起(於你)沒有什麽不好. not harm/hurt a fly => fly1.
to say sorry for once. - 你若稍為他人著想, 必不會那樣說話. =>Usage at much 用法見much.
If you had only the least thought for others you would not have spoken out in that way. - 他說的純粹是一派鬼話. Cf 參看 fib.
His story is nothing but a pack of lies. - 那麽說他認為很容易, 是嗎? 我倒想讓他試一試! (他就知道難了.) =>Usage at want1 用法見want1.
So he thinks it's easy, does he? I'd like to see him try! ie He would find it difficult. - 他說的情況令人難以置信, 是真的難以相信(他說的一定是謊話). Cf 參看 figurative, metaphorical (metaphor).
His story is incredible in the literal sense of the word, ie It is impossible to believe him, so he must be lying. - 她寫了一部高質量的小說. Cf 參看 minor.
She has written a major novel, ie one of high quality and great importance. - 維修手册可嚮您提供修理汽車所需的圖表和說明. Cf 參看 handbook (hand1).
A workshop manual gives diagrams and instructions for repairing your car. - 我確信他能成功. put one's money where one's `mouth is (infml 口) show one's support in a practical way, not just by one's words 以實際行動支持, 並非說空話. a run for one's money => run1. see the colour of sb's money => colour1. there's money in sth profit can be obtained from sth (某事物)有利可圖. throw one's money about (infml 口) spend one's money recklessly and ostentatiously 大肆揮霍. you pays your money and you takes your choice => pay2.
I'll put my money on him. - 我明天早晨重新開始工作. See also usage note at time1. 另見time1用法說明.
I'll start work again tomorrow morning. - 現在不行, 改天再說吧. Cf 參看 another.
, perhaps. - 人人均有自衛權. When referring to a particular situation, we can say I saw someone/a man/a woman riding a horse instead of I saw a person riding a horse. 在特指時, 可以說`我看見有個人[男的/女的]騎著馬'(英文句中可以不用person, 用someone/a man/a woman).
People have the right to defend themselves. - 要說通他放我們假可不是容易事. a piece of goods => goods. say one's piece => say. take a piece out of sb reprimand sb severely 痛斥某人. the villain of the piece => villain.
Persuading him to give us the day off won't be a piece of cake. - 正如T.S.艾略特所說...
As T.S. Eliot puts it... - 據說....
Report has it that..., ie People are saying that... - 對於六歲的孩子來說, 她算是很靠得住的. Cf 參看 irresponsible.
a six-year-old. - 他們據說是以 200000 英鎊的價格購置的那所房子.
They bought the house at a rumoured price of 200000. - 咱們可以隨便拿個作傢為例, 比方說狄更斯...
Dickens... - 說正經的, 你那樣做可真要自討苦吃了. =>Usage at hopeful 用法見hopeful.
Seriously though, you could really hurt yourself doing that.
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