说Chinese English Sentence:
| - 我真想知道她说了什麽.
I'm curious to know what she said. - 她冷言冷语地说.
she said cuttingly ... - 我说他懒惰, 他就狠狠地瞪了我一眼. Cf 参看 cloak-and-dagger (cloak).
He looked daggers at me when I told him he was lazy. - 很难说怎麽办才对--我们只好瞎碰. 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. - 请允许我说几句题外话....
If you'll allow a slight digression,... - 你今天的答覆跟你上星期说的恰好相反. Cf 参看 indirect.
Your reply today is in direct contradiction to what you said last week. - 他既听不见也几乎不能说话. =>Usage at also用法见also.
He can't hear and he can hardly speak either. - 说也奇怪, 我就在昨天也同妻子谈到这件事. fair enough => fair2. sure enough => sure.
Strangely enough, I said the same thing to my wife only yesterday. - 若未听见某人刚说的话而请其重复时, 说Pardon?. *In this case Sorry? is also used in British English and Excuse me? or Pardon me? in US English. 在这种情况下, 用英式英语还可说Sorry?, 而用美式英语则要说Excuse me?或Pardon me?.
We say Pardon? when we did not hear what someone said and want them to repeat it. - 别说这种傻乎乎的谎话了. Cf 参看 lie1 n.
Stop telling such silly fibs. - 事实往往比小说更离奇. Cf 参看 non-fiction.
Truth is often stranger than fiction. - 最後, 我想说....
Finally, I would like to say... - 我得说我对他真是敬佩--我从未想到他能参加甲队. 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. - 我们还是听听他们要说些什麽吧. =>Usage at feel1 用法见feel1.
We'd better hear what they have to say. - 说一声对不起(於你)没有什麽不好. not harm/hurt a fly => fly1.
to say sorry for once. - 你若稍为他人著想, 必不会那样说话. =>Usage at much 用法见much.
If you had only the least thought for others you would not have spoken out in that way. - 他说的纯粹是一派鬼话. Cf 参看 fib.
His story is nothing but a pack of lies. - 那麽说他认为很容易, 是吗? 我倒想让他试一试! (他就知道难了.) =>Usage at want1 用法见want1.
So he thinks it's easy, does he? I'd like to see him try! ie He would find it difficult. - 他说的情况令人难以置信, 是真的难以相信(他说的一定是谎话). Cf 参看 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. - 她写了一部高质量的小说. Cf 参看 minor.
She has written a major novel, ie one of high quality and great importance. - 维修手册可向您提供修理汽车所需的图表和说明. Cf 参看 handbook (hand1).
A workshop manual gives diagrams and instructions for repairing your car. - 我确信他能成功. 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 以实际行动支持, 并非说空话. 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)有利可图. throw one's money about (infml 口) spend one's money recklessly and ostentatiously 大肆挥霍. you pays your money and you takes your choice => pay2.
I'll put my money on him. - 我明天早晨重新开始工作. See also usage note at time1. 另见time1用法说明.
I'll start work again tomorrow morning. - 现在不行, 改天再说吧. Cf 参看 another.
, perhaps. - 人人均有自卫权. 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. 在特指时, 可以说`我看见有个人[男的/女的]骑著马'(英文句中可以不用person, 用someone/a man/a woman).
People have the right to defend themselves. - 要说通他放我们假可不是容易事. 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.艾略特所说...
As T.S. Eliot puts it... - 据说....
Report has it that..., ie People are saying that... - 对於六岁的孩子来说, 她算是很靠得住的. Cf 参看 irresponsible.
a six-year-old. - 他们据说是以 200000 英镑的价格购置的那所房子.
They bought the house at a rumoured price of 200000. - 咱们可以随便拿个作家为例, 比方说狄更斯...
Dickens... - 说正经的, 你那样做可真要自讨苦吃了. =>Usage at hopeful 用法见hopeful.
Seriously though, you could really hurt yourself doing that.
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