「说」在很多不同情况下，其实都有更加明确的说法，不是只有单纯的谁说了什么话，有时候可能是带有一些情感或是有些意义的，例如：他「指出」、他「提到」等。在英文中也有很多这类的动词，我们称为 “reporting verbs”，意指发表、陈述事情的动词。
语气较弱
suggest 建议、speculate 推测、allege 声称、guess 猜测、doubt 怀疑、confuse 困惑、infer 推论、hypothesize 假设、appraise 估量
suggest 建议、提议、指出
The doctor suggests that everyone should have breakfast every day.
医生建议每个人每天都应该吃早餐。
All the evidence suggests that the sneaky man stole the lady’s purse.
所有证据都指出那鬼鬼祟祟的男人偷了这位女士的钱包。
speculate 推测、推断 、猜测
近义词：imply/infer/assume
She speculates on/about the strange guy’s motivation.
她猜测那个奇怪男人的动机。
allege 断言、宣称
注意：allege 所说的「声称」比较有狡辩的感觉，是在没有证据的情况下所做的声称
She alleged that she was late because the bus was not on time.
她声称自己会议之所以迟到，是因为公车不准时。
语气较客观中立
describe 叙述、mention 提到、refer 提及、point out 指出、indicate 指出、show 显示、assume 认为、declare 宣告、consider 认为、believe 相信、comment 评论、illustrate 用图说明、explain 解释、agree 同意、announce 宣布、conclude 结论
describe 描述、形容
The witness described in detail how this car accident happened.
这位目击者详细地描述这场车祸发生的经过。
report 报导、报告、记述
report + that + 子句 / Ving
The manager reported that his team had finished the project.
经理报告说他的团队已经完成了这个计画。
note 提到、提出
近义词：state/indicate
He noted the importance of this issue in his lecture.
他在课堂中提到此议题的重要性。
declare 宣布、宣告
近义词：announce
The minister declared that the new policy will be executed in one month.
这名官员宣布这个新政策将于一个月后执行。
comment 评论
This aggressive man comments on/about every social issue in a negative way.
这名激进男子总是对每个社会议题发表负面评论。
语气较强烈
argue 争论、emphasize 强调、stress 强调、warn 警告、insist 坚持、recommend 建议、blame 责备、criticize 批评、praise 称赞、maintain 主张、deny 否认、object 反对
argue 争论、主张、认为
The student argued that his professor’s interpretation of this article was wrong.
这个学生认为他的教授对这篇文章的解读是错误的。
emphasize 强调、着重
近义词：stress
Our team leader emphasizes that every member on this team is essential.
我们的团队领导人强调每个团队成员都很重要。
assert 断言、声称：确定的说某事情是真的
The young woman asserts her innocence.
The young woman keeps asserting that she is innocent.
这年轻的女人坚称她的清白。
insist 坚持
The accused insisted on seeing her lawyer.
这名被告坚持要见他的律师。
criticize 批评
The professor criticizes that the new education policy is not good for students.
这个教授认为新的教育政策是对学生不利的。
maintain 坚持、主张
The old man maintains that he saw a UFO yesterday.
这个老人坚称他昨天看到幽浮。
上面就是各种「语气」的分类啦！接下来，我们再来看看如何以「形式」来分类吧～
