在心里用语言想着某事，好像在对自己说话。
在脑子里想一句话，就像在跟自己说话一样。
共 2 个含义,从最常见到最少见,按 CEFR 等级色彩标注。
在心里用语言想着某事，形成一个无声的内心陈述或问题。
"I looked at the empty seat and said to myself, 'I'm definitely on the wrong train.'"
'What's done cannot be undone,' she said to herself.
— William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene 1 (paraphrased internal form; the speech is Lady Macbeth's)
在心里做出个人决定或下定决心。
"I said to myself that I would never make the same mistake again."
I said to myself: 'I'm going to do this my way.'
— Frank Sinatra, 'My Way' (1969) — paraphrase of the song's central theme; exact lyric is 'I did it my way'
把话对自己说回去——字面意思非常清楚。
在脑子里想一句话，就像在跟自己说话一样。
在叙述和讲故事中非常常见。用来报告人物的内心独白。严格来说通常不算短语动词，而是带反身代词的动词短语。
母语者最常搭配使用的单词。
最常用的五种时态形式。
来自 YouTube 真实视频中 "say to oneself" 的用法片段 — 点击可在 Looplines 上观看。
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