She astonished us by saying she was leaving.

她说她要离开，令我们大为惊奇。

《牛津词典》

I opened by saying, "Honey, you look sensational."

我以这句话作为开场白：“宝贝，你看起来真是棒极了！”

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

She enjoys shocking people by saying outrageous things.

她喜欢故意说些不堪入耳的话让人讨厌。

《牛津词典》

He responded by saying: "Now we must redefine 'tool', redefine 'man', or accept chimpanzees as human."

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And the woman responds to the serpent's queries by saying that eating and even touching the tree is forbidden on pain of death.

面对蛇的询问，女人回答说,智慧果实绝对不能吃，甚至连碰都不行。

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You can't just say it once. You have to try to fill that void by saying it two times and by invoking his father a third time.

你不能只讲一次，你必须说第二遍,并且第三次提到迪安的父亲，来填补中间的空隙。

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They start, usually, by saying that they've never written a letter like this before.

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DeWitt counters by saying his niche will grow to dwarf the rest of the computing world.

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By saying you'd have a verbal response, you appear to be ruling out a military one.

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