talk,tell,say,speak的区别:
tell,say常作为及物动词使用,speak和talk常用作不及物动词。
talk指“讲话,谈论”,意思与speak相近,在一些情况下可以通用,tell指“告诉”,是直接给对方讲或以间接的方式转诉某事,在多数情况下。
say指“说出”,着重指说出具体的内容,speak指“说话,发言”,着重开口说话的动作。
一、talk
英 [tɔ:k] 美 [tɔk]
v.说话; 讨论; 讲,说;
n.交谈; 讨论; 报告;
例句
1.Maria was talking baby talk to the little one.
玛丽亚正用儿语和小家伙说话。
2.Mommy, you don't need to stay while we talk.
妈妈,我们谈话时你不必陪着.
3.The ward was busy and Amy hardly had time to talk.
病房里非常忙碌,埃米几乎没有时间说话。
二、tell
英 [tel] 美 [tɛl]
vt.告诉,说; 辨别;
vt.& vi.分辨,辨别; 告诉,吩咐; 泄漏; 保证
vi.泄密,告发; 显示; 识别;
n.[考古学]台形土墩;
例句
1."You really won't tell?" she asked, begging for reassurance.
“你真的不说吗?”她问道,乞求得到安慰。
2.She would have liked to tell him to butt out.
她本想告诉他叫他别插手的。
3.When your children misbehave tell them without making them feel small.
孩子表现不佳时要让他们知道,但不能让他们自惭形秽。
三、say
英 [seɪ] 美 [se]
vi.说, 讲; 表明,宣称;
vt.表明; 念; 说明;
n.发言权; 说话;
例句
1.All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports.
不用说,所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。
2.The deal seems so attractive it would be ridiculous to say no.
这笔交易看上去太诱人了,要是拒绝它简直是笑话。
3.People always think I'm a fool, and I dare say they're right.
人们总认为我是个傻瓜,想必他们是对的。
四、speak
英 [spi:k] 美 [spik]
vt.& vi.讲,谈; 演说;
例句
1.The Ukrainians speak a Slavonic language similar to Russian.
乌克兰人所说的那种斯拉夫语系的语言类似于俄语。
2.Sonia might not speak the English language well, but then who did?
索尼娅的英语也许说得不好,但谁又说得好呢?
3.Pressure appears to be mounting for conformity in how people speak English.
要求人们讲规范英语的压力似乎越来越大。