讓別人“等等”不要說(shuō)“wait a moment”

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總會(huì)有需要?jiǎng)e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(shuō)出來(lái)的

Wait a moment 咋不禮貌了?
 

本身單獨(dú)使用wait a moment

它是一個(gè)祈使句

省略了主語(yǔ)you

就好像在命令別人

“你等一下”

如果你是下級(jí)或者小輩

禮貌地讓領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、長(zhǎng)輩"等等"可以這么說(shuō)

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Could you please wait for me?

能請(qǐng)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(gè)詞更經(jīng)常在正式場(chǎng)合使用

在日常英語(yǔ)會(huì)話中，

聽起來(lái)就會(huì)有點(diǎn)生硬而不自然。

那想說(shuō)“請(qǐng)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(gè)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(méi)有，在例句中，除了稍等一下之外你還給了你的同事一個(gè)稍等的原因。需要等待的人會(huì)因?yàn)槟阕屗纫幌露械讲环奖?。所以，在禮貌的英語(yǔ)中，給某人一個(gè)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(duì)面的情況下，對(duì)方通常會(huì)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(yǔ)氣和肢體語(yǔ)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(shuō)，而對(duì)方卻不知道你在做什么，那么給對(duì)方一個(gè)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/