“讲道理”常见的英语表达有:“reason things out”“be reasonable”“talk sense” 。
“reason things out”
:“reason”作动词有“推理;推论;思考”的意思,“out”有“彻底;完全”之意,组合起来“reason things out”就是把事情推理清楚,有讲道理的意思。例如:We should reason things out instead of arguing blindly. (我们应该讲道理而不是盲目争论。)
“be reasonable”
:“reasonable”表示“合理的;明智的;通情达理的”,“be reasonable”可以理解为“要讲道理;要合理”。比如:You need to be reasonable in this situation. (在这种情况下你需要讲道理。)
“talk sense”
:这个短语直接表达“讲得有道理;说话有道理”。例如:Stop talking nonsense and talk sense! (别胡说八道了,讲道理!)