say是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 说， 讲； 说明； 比如说vi. 说， 发表意见，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Well,' said the butcher, 'I don't like to say no, when one is asked to do a kind, neigh-bourly thing.
-- 'Husband,' said she, 'go to the fish!I say I will be emperor.'
-- But the young wrens said: 'We will not eat yet, the bear must come to the nest, and beg for pardon and say that we are honourable children, before we will do that.'
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Although Mr. Gulliver was born in Nottinghamshire, where his father dwelt, yet I have heard him say his family came from Oxfordshire; to confirm which, I have observed in the churchyard at Banbury in that county, several tombs and monuments of the Gullivers.
-- But you, or your interpolator, ought to have considered, that it was not my inclination, so was it not decent to praise any animal of our composition before my master Houyhnhnm: And besides, the fact was altogether false; for to my knowledge, being in England during some part of her majesty's reign, she did govern by a chief minis-ter; nay even by two successively, the first whereof was the lord of Godolphin, and the second the lord of Oxford; so that you have made me say the thing that was not.
-- I shall say but little at present of their learning, which, for many ages, has flourished in all its branches among them: but their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans, nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians, nor from up to down, like the Chinese, but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England.
-- There are some laws and customs in this empire very pe-culiar; and if they were not so directly contrary to those of my own dear country, I should be tempted to say a little in their justification.
-- I remember, when I was once interceding with the emperor for a criminal who had wronged his master of a great sum of money, which he had received by order and ran away with; and happening to tell his majesty, by way of extenuation, that it was only a breach of trust, the emperor thought it monstrous in me to offer as a defence the great-est aggravation of the crime; and truly I had little to say in return, farther than the common answer, that different nations had different customs; for, I confess, I was heartily ashamed.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Say not another word,' returned Mr. Gradgrind.
-- I have a great mind to say I wish I hadn't.
-- How it got into his head, I can't say; I can only say that it never got out.
-- I say no.
-- I say by no means.'
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But before I state the subject on which my uncle wished to confer with me, I must say a word about his personal appearance.
-- When I say a nice house, I mean a handsome house--old, tottering, and not exactly comfortable to English notions: a house a little off the perpendicular and inclined to fall into the neighboring canal; exactly the house for a wandering artist to depict; all the more that you could scarcely see it for ivy and a magnificent old tree which grew over the door.
-- To my fancy he was making a great fuss about nothing, but it was not my province to say so.
-- I was very much of the same opinion, but not liking to say so, sent her away, and began some of my usual work of classification.
-- It is hard to say which was most excited.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Out in the open world, out in the forests of the morning, with lusty and splendid-throated young fellows, free to do as they liked, and above all to say what they liked.
-- He wanted to say something later to Connie about the demi-vierge business...the half-virgin state of her affairs.
-- He found an opportunity to say to her, as they were light-ing the candles in the hall: 'May I come?'
-- You just say out your say.
-- he said, 'being myself HORS DE COMBAT, I don't see I've anything to say on the matter.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Say what the hour is,' grumbled the first man.
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