[in sing.](informal)the power or act of deciding or allowing something (非正式)(做某事的)许可;(决定某事的)权力 no new employees come into the organization without his say-so. 他不发话新雇员就不能进入编制。 ■(一般作on someone's say-so)a person's arbitrary or unauthorized assertion or instruction 无根据的话;随便说说的话 I don't stop on the say-so of anybody's assistant. 我不会凭任何人的助手的几句话就停下来。