大家都知道中文里一個(gè)“說”字，可以演變出很多種說法，如：道、語、囈、喝、嘀咕、耳語、嘟囔、含混不清、咆哮、聒噪、怒吼等等。英文也不例外。最常見的say也不是萬能的，不同語境下表達(dá)不一樣的“說”的狀態(tài)，自然要用不同的動(dòng)詞。
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1. whisper:
to say something very quietly, using your breath
rather your full voice（用氣息）小聲說，相當(dāng)于中文的“耳語”，但也不局限于對(duì)著耳朵說
例：
'Don’t wake the baby.' Jenny whispered. （Jenny小聲說：“別吵醒孩子?！保?/span>
You don’t have to whisper, no one can hear
us. （你不用這么小聲，沒人聽得到我們說話。）
What are you two whispering about over
there? （你們倆在那嘰嘰咕咕說什么呢？）
James leaned over to whisper something to
Michael.（James俯身跟Michael耳語了幾句。）
'I've missed you.' he whispered in her ear.
（“我想你。”他俯在她耳邊小聲說道。）
Staff were whispering that the company was
about to go out of business. （員工都悄悄說公司要倒閉了。）
2. mumble: to say something quietly without pronouncing the words clearly 小聲嘟囔，一般用于形容不情愿地道歉、道謝等等
例：
He mumbled his thanks. （他小聲嘟囔著不情愿地道謝。）
He bumped into someone and mumbled an
apology. （他走路時(shí)撞到人，含混地道了個(gè)歉。）
3. mutter: to say something quietly, especially when you are annoyed but do
not want somebody to hear you complaining 低聲（抱怨）說
例：
'This is ridiculous.' he muttered under his
breath. （“太過分了！”他低聲說道。）
'I never want to come here again.' she
muttered to herself. （她低聲抱怨說：“我再也不想來這兒了！”）
She muttered something about having to go
home early. （因?yàn)椴坏貌辉缁丶?，她低聲抱怨了幾句。?/span>
4. murmur: to say something in a soft slow gentle way 柔聲說道
例：
She stroked his hair and murmured, 'Don't
worry, you'll be fine.'（她撫摸著他的頭發(fā)，輕聲說：“你會(huì)好起來的，別怕?！保?/span>
Julie turned over and murmured in her
sleep.（Julie翻過身，夢(mèng)囈了幾句。）
5. growl: to say something in a low angry voice 小聲咆哮，一般屬于領(lǐng)導(dǎo)或者有權(quán)勢(shì)的人的說話方式，不是用音量鎮(zhèn)住別人，而是以氣勢(shì)取勝。（備注：《哈利·波特》中的伏地魔對(duì)手下就經(jīng)常這么說話，大家看原著時(shí)可以留意一下）
例：
'As I was saying,' he growled, 'it needs to
be finished today.' （他怒道：“我說過了，今天要做完！”）
6. snarl: to say something in a nasty angry way 咆哮，怒吼
例：
'Get out of my way!' he snarled. （他怒道：“給我滾！”）
7. exclaim: to say something suddenly and loudly 突然大聲說
例：
'How beautiful.' she exclaimed. （她突然贊道：“好美啊！”）
8. blurt
out: to say something without thinking, especially
something embarrassing or secret脫口而出，口不擇言，說出（尷尬或秘密的事）
例：
It was partly nervousness that had made him
blurt out the question. （一方面他太緊張了，才口不擇言說出來。）
9. stammer/stutter:
to speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds,
because you have a speech problem, or you are very nervous or excited 結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說（有口吃的毛病或太緊張）
例：
'This ring!' he stammered. 'How, how on
earth did it come to me?'（他結(jié)結(jié)巴巴的說：“這個(gè)戒指，怎、怎么會(huì)到了我這兒？”）（《魔戒》首部曲第一章）
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區(qū)分了不同的“說”，在寫作時(shí)用詞才能更豐富，否則一篇文章下來，大聲說、小聲說、憤怒地說、開心地說……都是say，文章就一點(diǎn)立體感都沒有了。
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