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单词 i'd say
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I'd say
e. colloquial. I'll say, I'd say: used to express (usually emphatic) agreement.
(a) With clause as object.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [interjection] > emphasizing a preceding statement
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I'll say1919
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1919 Cincinnati Enquirer 17 Apr. 4/7 ‘Smith is an argumentative cuss, isn't he?,’ said Brown. ‘I'll say he is,’ agreed Jones.
1945 P. Cheyney (title) I'll say she does.
1972 G. Durrell Catch me Colobus v. 95 Would we, by any chance, be interested in a pair of leopards? ‘I'll say we would! Why? Do you know where there are some?’
2001 J. O. Patterson Jeff's Route ix. 63 Jeff said, ‘I hear Frank got a strapping when he got home.’ ‘I'll say he did,’ said Don.
2011 E. Moon Kings of North xviii. 203 ‘She's mostly angry and frustrated, I'd say.’ ‘I'd say she is,’ Arian said.
(b) In I'll say so, I'd say so.
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1917 Emporia (Kansas) Gaz. 27 Nov. 1/4 Lucky? I'll say so. All that long wait has turned into mighty good fortune, I think.
1929 H. V. Morton In Search of Scotl. ii. 46 ‘You have seen the Crown Jewels in London?’ ‘I'll say so! They're an eyeful.’
1992 C. Toibin Heather Blazing (1993) viii. 103 ‘You'll probably come back with your father.’ ‘I'd say so, all right.’
(c) Without object or adverbial complement.
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1924 Dial. Notes 5 276 Say: I'd ——, I'll —— (both approv.).
1943 N. Marsh Colour Scheme vi. 99 ‘Does he want to keep him quiet?’.. ‘I'll say! Too right he wants to keep him quiet.’
1979 ‘J. le Carré’ Smiley's People (1980) iv. 53 ‘He was a declining asset, as all ex-agents are.’.. ‘I'll say,’ said Strickland sotto voce.
2001 J. Fforde Eyre Affair iv. 37 ‘A bit childish, isn't it?’ ‘I'd say,’ replied Tamworth.
2001 J. Harvey Gimme Gimme Gimme (2002) 140/2 Jez: As Suze is with child, flying is out of the question. Suze: I'll say.
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