拿…來說grammar point · tier 1 · take … as an example (illustrate a general point with one case)
Pulls out one specific case as a representative example to back up a general claim.
字源 FORM what the parts do
拿 closes a hand round one item and lifts it; 來 carries it over to here; 說 sets it down to talk about. The brackets between 拿 and 來說 hold the single case picked from the many.
故事 STORY a scene to remember it by
A hand reaches into the crowd, lifts one out, and stands it up front to speak for the rest.
字源記憶法
框 · Frame
拿 [one case] 來說，[the general point it illustrates]
觸 · Trigger
You have a general claim and want to ground it by pointing at one concrete case.
序 · The move
1have the general point in mind firstis there a broader claim this case will illustrate?
2拿 + one specific case + 來說is the case one instance of a larger set, not the whole subject?
3state the point the case demonstratesdoes the case actually show the general claim?
例 · Examples
1拿take (pick up)臺灣Taiwan來說to speak of / as an example，現在的老年人口elderly population越來越more and more多，出生率birth rate卻yet, however越來越低。
Take Taiwan as an example: the elderly population keeps growing, while the birth rate keeps falling.
界 · Boundary
對…來說
拿…來說 grabs one case to illustrate a general point (for instance, X). 對…來說 frames whose viewpoint holds (from X's standpoint). One supplies an example; the other supplies a perspective.