动 try to persuade；

[例句] 他喋喋不休地说着某个无聊的电视连续剧。 He was carrying on about some stupid television series.

[例句] 如果当时我再多说一点的话，结果或许会不一样。 Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more.

explain，illustrate，illustration，instruction；

[例句] 把她的人生比作一次海上航行不足以说明她丰富的经历。 The comparison of her life to a sea voyage simplifies her experience.

[例句] 他把这起事件向沙特外长作了说明。 He put the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister.

explain orally，comment，commentary，narrate，definition ；

[例句] 突然，解说员开始用高昂煽情的语调解说起来。 Suddenly, the narrator speaks in his most rhetorically elevated mode.

[例句] 她还为一部关于基洛夫芭蕾舞学院的纪录片作过解说。 She also narrated a documentary about the Kirov Ballet School.

novel，fiction，story，longueur，storybook ；

[例句] 小说在出版市场上占了很大的份额。 Fiction takes up a large slice of the publishing market.

[例句] 他的小说都是些肤浅沉闷的玩意儿，只有一本除外。 With one exce-ption his novels are shallow and lifeless things.

persuade，convince，prevail on，talk sb. over，reason ；

[例句] 艾森豪威尔用他的影响力说服国会修改了该项法律。 Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.

[例句] 杰罗姆试图说服她在巴黎买一套公寓。 Gerome tried to talk her into taking an apartment in Paris.

speak，talk，chat，gossip，speech ；

[例句] 玛丽亚正用儿语和小家伙说话。 Maria was talking baby talk to the little one.

[例句] “嗯，”他承认道，“我有时候说话的确有点吐字不清。” "Well," he conceded, "I do sometimes mumble a bit."

talk nonsense，drivel，（无道理的话） nonsense，blether，bosh ；

[例句] “我长胖了。”“胡说，亲爱的。” "I'm putting on weight."—"Nonsense my dear."

[例句] 不兴胡说! None of your nonsense!

tell a lie，lie，leasing，lies，lying ；

[例句] 这令我陷入了不得不说谎的尴尬境地。 It put me in the unenviable position of having to lie.

[例句] 他说统计学家“用数据说谎”，败坏了他们的名声。 He said statisticians gave them a bad rap by "lying with figures".

it is said，they say，legend，tradition，fame ；

[例句] 亚瑟王的故事成为口头传说的一部分。 The story of King Arthur became part of oral tradition.

[例句] 据当地民间传说，那是个不祥的地方。 According to local folklore it is an evil place.

instructions，directions，specifications，description；

[例句] 他对于说明书上所说的经常是一知半解。 Too often he only absorbs half the information in the manual.

[例句] 这说明书看起来很难懂。 The instructions look very complicated.

(deliver a) sermon，preach(ing)，expound something mechanically，lecture，moralism ；

[例句] 我反对宣扬婚前性行为不道德的说教。 I rejected the teaching that premarital sex was immoral.

[例句] 他大喊道：“不要对我说教。” "Don't preach at me," he shouted.

be told，hear of，hear，hear about，understand；

[例句] 罗斯听到了熟悉的声音，但没注意听说的是什么。 Rose heard the familiar voice, but tuned out the words.

[例句] 我没听说有人想杀艾伯特。 I know of no one who would want to murder Albert.

deliver a speech，make an address，speech，speaking ；

[例句] 他的祖父和外公都热衷于演说。 Both his grandfathers were fired with an enthusiasm for public speaking.

[例句] 这所大学不让迪克·格雷戈里在校园里发表演说。 The university refused to let Dick Gregory speak on campus.

it is said，they say，allegedly，as the story goes，reputedly ；

[例句] 据说巴士发生翻车，跌进了峡谷。 The bus is said to have over-turned and fallen into a ravine.

[例句] 据说帐篷的缝合处快炸线了。 The camps are said to be bursting at the seams.

persuade，advise，talk (sb.) into，reason ；

[例句] 我真笨，竟然听从了她的劝说。 I was a fool to have let her talk me into it.

[例句] 鲍勃一步一步劝说弗里茨卖掉了他的控股权益。 Bit by bit Bob had nudged Fritz into selling his controlling interest.

theory，doctrine，Lysenkoism ；

[例句] 这实际上已是该学说的终结，只是未被道明罢了。 It's the end of the doctrine in all but name.

[例句] 他是个不折不扣、传统守旧的弗洛伊德学说信奉者。 He was a strict, old-school Freudian.

state，recount，narrate，tell ；

[例句] 他向孩子们述说了他少年时代的一些趣事. He related some amusing stories in his childhood to his children.

[例句] 工会领袖述说工人们的苦情. The trade union leader spoke about the grievances of the workers.

brag，boast，talk big，draw the long bow，malarkey ；

[例句] 他老爱说大话,就仿佛他是一位要人似的. He likes to talk big as though he was an important person.

[例句] 他们一味说大话. They indulge in tall talk.

bring up (a subject)，begin talking about，as for，with regard to ；

[例句] 说起踢足球，对我来说再容易不过。 With football, it was just something that came naturally to me.

[例句] 他们说起自己设法使油轮漂浮的英勇之举时非常谦虚。 They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.

in the ordinary course of events，normally，ordinarily，according to the fact [common sense] ；

[例句] 按说这时候该下雪了. Ordinarily It'should be snowing at this time of the year.

[例句] 按说现在是蔬菜的淡季,可是你们这里供应还不错. This is supposed to be an off season for vegetables but you seem to have enough here.