讓別人“等等”不要說“wait a moment”

2020-10-26 08:54:54  每日學(xué)英語

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總會有需要別人等一等的情況

本身你就耽誤了別人的時(shí)間了

讓別人等等這句話還是要客氣禮貌地說出來的

Wait a moment 咋不禮貌了?
 

本身單獨(dú)使用wait a moment

它是一個祈使句

省略了主語you

就好像在命令別人

“你等一下”

如果你是下級或者小輩

禮貌地讓領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、長輩"等等"可以這么說

Could you please wait for me?

能請你等我一下嗎?

更多地使用“我”如何如何,而不是“你”

同時(shí),moment這個詞更經(jīng)常在正式場合使用

在日常英語會話中,

聽起來就會有點(diǎn)生硬而不自然。

那想說“請稍等”,應(yīng)該怎么表達(dá)呢?

01

Professional

Just a moment (please)

Bear with me

I won’t be long

02

Casual

Just a second

Just a sec

Just a minute

Just a tick (Australia)

03

Slang

Hold on!

Hang on!

Gimme a minute

Hold your horses (idiom)

例:

Colleague: Hey, have you got a minute to go over the Henderson Report?

你有時(shí)間看一下亨德森報(bào)告嗎?

You: Sure, just a minute. I just need to backup this file in case my computer crashes again.

當(dāng)然,稍等一下。我需要把這個文件備份一下,以防我的電腦再次死機(jī)。

 

Notice that in the example, you give your colleague a reason for the delay. Needing to wait can feel inconvenient for the person who wants your attention. Giving someone a reason for inconveniencing them is a way to “soften the blow” in polite English.

不知道大家注意到了沒有,在例句中,除了稍等一下之外你還給了你的同事一個稍等的原因。需要等待的人會因?yàn)槟阕屗纫幌露械讲环奖?。所以,在禮貌的英語中,給某人一個不方便的理由是一種減輕沖擊的方式。

Of course, in face-to-face situations the other person will often be able to see why you need a little bit of time, so you don t have to give the reason. Your friendly tone of voice and body language will be polite enough.

當(dāng)然,在面對面的情況下,對方通常會明白為什么你需要一點(diǎn)時(shí)間,所以你不必給出理由。你友好的語氣和肢體語言就足夠有禮貌了。

However, if you are using these phrases on the phone, where the other person can't see what you re doing, it s more important to give a reason for the inconvenience.

For example

但是,如果你在電話里這么說,而對方卻不知道你在做什么,那么給對方一個不方便的理由就更重要了。

例如

- Hey, could we meet up this week to go over the Henderson report?

嘿,我們這周能不能見面看看亨德森報(bào)告?

- Sure! Just a sec, let me pull up my calendar.

當(dāng)然!等一下,讓我打開日程表看一下。

 

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Ref:www.betteratenglish.com/informal-english-just-a-moment-phrases

www.speakconfidentenglish.com/tell-someone-to-wait/

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