“你錯了”不要再說"you're wrong"了,不禮貌!

2022-03-14 09:56:14  每日學(xué)英語

01
如何禮貌地用英語表達(dá)“你錯了”?

You're wrong 這個說法語氣有點(diǎn)居高臨下。Wrong在表示錯誤時,強(qiáng)調(diào)一點(diǎn)都不對,語氣有點(diǎn)強(qiáng)硬。其實(shí)英語中有很多更委婉地表達(dá)對方錯了的說法,可以參考以下幾個原則。

一些可以替換掉wrong的正面的詞:

• oversight n. 疏忽, 失察

• slip up v. 疏忽,出差錯

• hiccup n. 暫時的小問題

• confusion n. 困惑, 糊涂

• bump n. 碰到困難或障礙

• hurdle n. 障礙

• challenge n. 挑戰(zhàn),質(zhì)疑

要多使用一些程度較輕微的詞匯:

• slight adj. 輕微的,少量的

• little

• a bit of

• minor adj. 較小的, 較少的, 低級的, 次要的

• a few

你可以使用的例子:

• This may create a slight hurdle for us

這可能會給我們制造一個小小的障礙

• There's been a little confusion about ...

關(guān)于……有一點(diǎn)困惑

• It seems there was a bit of an oversight regarding ...

關(guān)于...似乎有一點(diǎn)疏忽

• It looks like we may have hit a bump with ...

看起來我們可能遇到了...的障礙

• There are a few sections of the report that need to be changed

報告中有幾個部分需要修改

• A minor slip up has surfaced

一個小錯誤浮出水面

• There have been a few hiccups along the way

在這一過程中也出現(xiàn)了一些小問題

避免對犯錯的人直接說“你...(怎么樣)”

• There's been an oversight

有些小的疏忽

• There may have been some confusion

這里可能有些混亂

• It seems like we've hit a bump

我們似乎遇到了困難

提出積極的建議,而不是直接指出錯誤

• Let's recheck the statement together

我們一起重新核對一下報表

• Let's look at it again later as it needs a little revision

我們稍后再看它,因?yàn)樗枰稽c(diǎn)修改

• We'll need to make a few minor adjustments/ amendments

我們需要做一些微調(diào)

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“口誤”可不是mouth wrong!

口誤

a slip of the tongue

slip /sl?p/

slip的意思是“滑”,通常就是指 腳滑,滑倒之類的,而當(dāng)它搭配其他詞語,也可以表示某個東西偏離了正確的位置,造成了某種錯誤,就如a slip of the tongue,就可以理解為舌頭打滑,舌頭沒有在它本該在的位置而導(dǎo)致了說話說錯了。這個短語的英文解釋為

a mistake made when what someone says is different from what was meant

指一種所說的與本意不一致的錯誤

例:

I called her new boyfriend by her previous boyfriend's name - it was just a slip of the tongue.

我叫她的新男友時喊成了她前任男友的名字——那只是一個口誤。

03
關(guān)心別人,不要問What's wrong with you?

以前在國內(nèi),老師都教我們:What's wrong with you? 的意思是:“你怎么了?”,字面是沒錯可真正的意思差的遠(yuǎn)了去了!

在國外人們說這句話就相當(dāng)于在問:你有病嗎?

把這句話放到課本里,簡直是在坑學(xué)生啊!!!

正確用法:

What's wrong?

What's going on?

What's up?

What's the matter?

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