| 单词 | let us say |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslet us say 17. To suppose or assume to be the case. Usually in imperative or in let us say. extracted from sayv.1int. a. transitive. With clause as object, expressing a hypothetical case or an assumption. Cf. suppose v. 11a(a). ΚΠ a1596 Sir Thomas More (1911) i. i. 159 Well, say tis read, what is your further meaning in the matter. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iv. 23 Say I do speake with her (my Lord) what then? View more context for this quotation 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xlvi. 1) 351 But say it had been out of his way. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. lxxxvi. 371 When a Prince, say it be not out of private hatred, but justly doth vex any great Officer. 1727 A. Motte Treat. Mech. Powers i. 3 For a Stone upon the Ground, if it give Motion to it self, must cause it self to move in some given Direction. Say it be to the right. 1860 Pathfinder 11 Aug. 95 If we say, for argument sake, that wrongs heavy to be borne had been inflicted upon the Hebrew people by their taskmasters. 1915 H. E. Ives in Electr. World 20 Feb. 460/1 Let us say that a surface has a brightness of one ‘lambert’. 1948 Life 6 Sept. 67/2 (advt.) Let's say you want a camera that stops really fast action—a camera with speeds up to 1/1000th of a second. 1950 R. Moore Candlemas Bay 22 Jeb felt it wasn't the way he'd go courting, himself, say he was interested in any one girl. 1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger i. 29 Let's say he topped off at the last port. He can get to the Bahamas easily enough. 2006 C. Coulter Born to be Wild xlv. 262 But say he didn't do it, say he made himself look guilty because he was protecting someone. b. intransitive. In imperative or let us say, used parenthetically. (a) Indicating that the following (in later use also preceding) words express what is assumed or supposed to be the case, or specify a selected example or instance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > be instanced or exemplified [verb (intransitive)] > for instance suppose1666 let us say1927 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 66 Pleasure and Pain are to a certain Degree, say to a very high Degree, distributed amongst us without any apparent Regard to the Merit or Demerit of Characters. 1795 W. Clubbe tr. Horace 6 Satires 71 A Woodcock, let us say, by chance is sent To you. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. v. 233 Huge leathern vehicle;—huge Argosy, let us say, or Acapulco-ship; with its heavy stern-boat of Chaise-and-pair. 1837 Athenæum No. 480. 6 A Venus—say of Parian marble in early Greek style. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xiii. 198 Early in the week, or say Wednesday. 1875 A. Cayley in Q. Jrnl. Pure & Appl. Math. 13 321 Radius vectors belonging to the same angle (or say opposite angles). 1904 Iron & Steel Mag. Nov. 443 He contends that a steel piston-rod, let us say, made of apparently the best materials that can be got, is liable at any moment to fracture. 1927 New Republic 12 Oct. 208/1 I daresay the drummer sees no difference between Gary and, say, Newark. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. ii. 40 In Ratliff it was that hearty celibacy as of a lay brother in a twelfth-century monastery—a gardener, a pruner of vines, say. 1990 Amer. Speech 65 338 Casual examination of Document A and Documents B might lead even a lay person (a juror, let's say) to suspect that they were authored by the same person. 2011 Daily Tel. 12 July 27/3 Unlike, say, the 1972 reports by the Club of Rome, the planetary boundaries concept does not necessarily imply any limit to human economic growth or productivity. (b) Indicating that a following (in later use also preceding) designation of number, quantity, etc., is a reasonable approximation or is offered as a hypothetical example. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > make conditions, stipulate [verb (intransitive)] > used to qualify example suppose1666 let us say1817 the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] somec888 aboutOE thereabouts1413 thereabout1534 thereby1563 nearabout1567 thereupona1676 thereaway1815 nearabouts1834 somewheres1859 let us say1863 1817 W. Sewall Diary 22 Aug. (1930) 21/1 He offers [as salary] $17.00. Rather a large school, say 80. I put forward. 1861 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 28 May 161/1 One leg is filled with water weighing (let us say) 2½ ozs. 1863 C. Kingsley Lett. (1877) II. 147 The wages of my people..average 11s. per week... Harvesting, say £5 more. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 143 But if the period of (say) 100 years subdivides itself. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 450 Equal volumes of, say, thirty and forty-fold diluted normal acid. 1952 N.Y. Times 3 Feb. ii. 1/7 An easy gradation to anyone who can take it in leisurely stride—let's say, in the space of maybe three weeks, with plenty of rest and decompression in between. 1966 Listener 15 Sept. 388/3 A production volume of say, 20,000 units a year. 2009 New Scientist 19 Dec. 75/2 Almost every viral has a catalyst moment at which it has a big leap of, say, 100,000 viewers at once. let us say b. intransitive. In imperative or let us say, used parenthetically. extracted from sayv.1int. (a) Indicating that the following (in later use also preceding) words express what is assumed or supposed to be the case, or specify a selected example or instance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > be instanced or exemplified [verb (intransitive)] > for instance suppose1666 let us say1927 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 66 Pleasure and Pain are to a certain Degree, say to a very high Degree, distributed amongst us without any apparent Regard to the Merit or Demerit of Characters. 1795 W. Clubbe tr. Horace 6 Satires 71 A Woodcock, let us say, by chance is sent To you. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. v. 233 Huge leathern vehicle;—huge Argosy, let us say, or Acapulco-ship; with its heavy stern-boat of Chaise-and-pair. 1837 Athenæum No. 480. 6 A Venus—say of Parian marble in early Greek style. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xiii. 198 Early in the week, or say Wednesday. 1875 A. Cayley in Q. Jrnl. Pure & Appl. Math. 13 321 Radius vectors belonging to the same angle (or say opposite angles). 1904 Iron & Steel Mag. Nov. 443 He contends that a steel piston-rod, let us say, made of apparently the best materials that can be got, is liable at any moment to fracture. 1927 New Republic 12 Oct. 208/1 I daresay the drummer sees no difference between Gary and, say, Newark. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. ii. 40 In Ratliff it was that hearty celibacy as of a lay brother in a twelfth-century monastery—a gardener, a pruner of vines, say. 1990 Amer. Speech 65 338 Casual examination of Document A and Documents B might lead even a lay person (a juror, let's say) to suspect that they were authored by the same person. 2011 Daily Tel. 12 July 27/3 Unlike, say, the 1972 reports by the Club of Rome, the planetary boundaries concept does not necessarily imply any limit to human economic growth or productivity. (b) Indicating that a following (in later use also preceding) designation of number, quantity, etc., is a reasonable approximation or is offered as a hypothetical example. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > make conditions, stipulate [verb (intransitive)] > used to qualify example suppose1666 let us say1817 the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] somec888 aboutOE thereabouts1413 thereabout1534 thereby1563 nearabout1567 thereupona1676 thereaway1815 nearabouts1834 somewheres1859 let us say1863 1817 W. Sewall Diary 22 Aug. (1930) 21/1 He offers [as salary] $17.00. Rather a large school, say 80. I put forward. 1861 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 28 May 161/1 One leg is filled with water weighing (let us say) 2½ ozs. 1863 C. Kingsley Lett. (1877) II. 147 The wages of my people..average 11s. per week... Harvesting, say £5 more. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 143 But if the period of (say) 100 years subdivides itself. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 450 Equal volumes of, say, thirty and forty-fold diluted normal acid. 1952 N.Y. Times 3 Feb. ii. 1/7 An easy gradation to anyone who can take it in leisurely stride—let's say, in the space of maybe three weeks, with plenty of rest and decompression in between. 1966 Listener 15 Sept. 388/3 A production volume of say, 20,000 units a year. 2009 New Scientist 19 Dec. 75/2 Almost every viral has a catalyst moment at which it has a big leap of, say, 100,000 viewers at once. < as lemmas |
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