You can tell someone a secret or you can tell secrets
“He loves telling secrets”
“Can I tell you secret?
d. Tell the difference or tell things apart
You can tell someone the difference but you cannot tell someone things apart
“Can you tell me the difference between these two shirts?”
“Can you tell the difference between these two shirts?”
“I can’t tell the twins apart“
Say, Speak, Talk, Tell的区别
说英语,当然是要“说”,但你是say呢,还是speak呢,还是talk呢,还是tell?
这四个是关于“说”动作的最基本的4个动词,在大部分的对话中,你都需要用到它们 。搞清楚他们之间的区别,对你的英语学习很有帮助 。
BUT,光是看它们之间的解释,你能看出区别吗?
SAY
释义:to express an idea, feeling, thought etc. using words
SPEAK
释义:to talk to someone about something
TALK
释义:to say things to someone as part of a conversation
TELL
释义:if someone tells you something, they communicate information, a story, their feelings etc. to you
完了,光是看词典意思的话,看里看去似乎都像是一个意思 。怎么办?简单,直接看它们之间最大的不同——用法就行了 。
SAY
用法:
1. Say is used with direct and indirect speech
2. Say is most often used without a personal object.
3. If we want to put a personal object after say, we use to.
其实简单来说,say描述的是说话的内容,比如“他说了他一定会来” 。如果要表达和谁说了什么的意思,要说“say to” 。
例句:
She said you can’t go.
“Don’t cry,” she said to me.
Anything he says is not true.
I don’t know why she went away, because she didn’t say.
SPEAK
用法:
1. Speak is often used for one-way communication and for exchanges in more serious or formal situations.
2. Speak is the usual word to refer to knowledge and use of languages.
与say描述说话内容不同,speak描述的是说话的动作,或者是单方面的谈话 。比如“他没有说话”,“他向我说话” 。Speak还有演讲的意思,“说某种语言”也是用speak 。
例句:
Hello, may I speak to Jim Smith?
Sorry, I don’t want to speak.
Excuse me, can you speak Chinese?
Robert spoke at the teachers' annual convention.
TALK
用法:
1. There is not very much difference between speak and talk.
2. Talk is the more usual word to refer to conversational exchanges and informal communication.
虽说与speak的用法差不多,但speak是指单方面说话,而talk则是两者之间互相的、非正式的交谈 。
例句:
Bill Gates is talking to him.
English people love to talk about the weather.
Look, they are talking in English.
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