英语委婉语气表达法

英语委婉语气表达法英语委婉语气表达法英语委婉语气表达法xxx公司英语委婉语气表达法文件编号：文件日期：修订次数：第1.0次更改批准审核制定方案设计，管理制度英语交际中，为了使对方能愉快地接受自己的请求、建议、命令、警告等，往往要用委婉语气,尤其在口语中。现将常见的表达方法荟萃如下：

一、用“Will

you...

”提出请求等

(1)

Will

you

(please)

lend

me

some

writing

paper

请借给我一些信纸好吗

(2)

Won’t

you

sit

down

and

have

some

whisky

要不要坐下来喝点儿威士忌

二、用would开头的句式提出请求

1.

Would

you

(please/kindly)...

?

(1)

I

didn’t

quite

catch

your

name.

Would

you

spell

it,

please

我没听清你的名字，请拼一下好吗

(2)

Would

you

kindly

drive

me

home你能不能开车送我回家

2.

Would

it

be

possible

/too

much

(for

me)to...

(1)

Would

it

be

possible

for

me

to

take

three

days

off

next

month

我可不可以在下个月请三天假

(2)

Would

it

be

too

much

to

ask

you

to

look

after

my

baby

for

a

moment

你可以帮我看一会儿孩子吗

3.

Would

you

be

kind/good

enough

to

/so

kind

as

to...

(1)

Would

you

be

kind/good

enough

to

meet

us

at

the

port

麻烦你到机场接我们好吗

(2)

Would

you

be

so

kind

as

to

keep

me

informed

请随时告诉我一些情况好吗

4.

Would

you

mind

(my)

doing...

Would

you

mind

my

turning

down

the

volume

of

the

television

你不介意我把电视声音关小点儿吧

5.

Would

you

mind

if

I

...

Would

you

mind

if

I

asked

you

a

question

我可以问你一个问题吗

三、shall用于第一人称和第三人称，构成疑问句，提出建议或征求对方意见

(1)

Shall

we

go

to

the

concert

tonight

我

们今晚去听音乐会好吗

(2)

Shall

she

come

at

once

要她马上来吗

四、用would,

should,

could,

might表示看法、提出建议或忠告等

(1)

It

would

seem

that

something

is

wrong

with

the

truck.

看来这部卡车出毛病了。

(2)

There

might/could

have

been

an

accident

in

the

street.街上可能出事故了。

(3)

I

should

/wouldhave

thought

she

isn’t

so

careless.

我本以为她不至于那么粗心。

(4)

We

should

start

out

earlier

tomorrow.

明天我们得早点出发。

(5)

You

have

a

slight

fever.

I

could

go

out

to

buy

you

some

medicine.

你有点儿发烧，我可以帮你买些药。

(6)

You

might

invite

him

to

attend

your

wedding.

你不妨请他参加你们的婚礼。

(7)

Wouldn’t

it

be

a

good

idea

to

cut

down

your

drinking

你少喝点儿酒不是个好办法吗

五、用“Let’s...,OK/shall/shan’t

we”

提出建议

(1)

Let’s

discuss

this

problem

at

next

meeting,

OK/

shall

we

我们下次会议再讨论这一问题好吗

(2)

Let’s

go

upstairs

to

the

Ladies’

Wear

Department,

shall/shan’t

we

咱们到楼上女子服装部去好吗

六、用带just/kindly/please的祈使句或“祈使句+will

you/won’t

you/can

you/

could

you”

命令或请求

(1)

Just

drop

me

off

at

the

airport.

It’s

not

necessary

to

see

me

off.

到机场让我下车就行,不必送我起飞了。

(2)

Get

some

chalk

quickly,

will

you快拿点粉笔来好吗

(3)

Please

give

my

love

to

your

parents

and

Kate,

won’t

you

请代我向你父母和凯特问好好吗

七、用“Have

you

thought

of/

considered

doing...

”提出建议

(1)

Have

you

thought

of/

considered

buying

a

new

house

你考虑过买套新房子吗

(2)

I

hope

you

don’t

mind

me

saying

this,

but

have

you

thought

of

/considered

giving

up

drinking

我希望你不介意我这样说，但你考虑过戒酒吗

八、用“I

wonder

/I’m

wondering/I

was

wondering

if/whether

...”提出请求

(1)

I

wonder

if

I

could

have

a

word

with

you

right

now.

不知道我可不可以现在和你说几句话。

(2)

I’m

wondering

if

you’d

guide

me

in

my

studies.

不知您可否愿意指导我做研究。

(3)

I

was

wondering

whether

youwould

care

to

spend

the

weekend

with

us.

不知你是否愿意和我们一起度周末。

九、用“I’m

not

sure.../I

doubt...”或“I’m

afraid.../I’m

sorrry.../If

you

don’t

mind...”等表示怀疑或反对

(1)

—David

is

an

efficient

man.

戴维是个能干的人。

—I’m

not

sure

he

has

the

ability

to

do

the

work

well.

我没把握他有能力处理此事。

(2)

I

doubt

if

he

will

keep

his

words.

我怀疑

他会不会信守诺言。

(3)

If

you

don’t

mind

me/my

saying,

there

are

certain

factors

you

haven’t

taken

into

account.

如果你不介意的话，我得说，有些因素你没考虑进去。

(4)

I’m

sorry

I

think

you’re

mistaken

there.

对不起，我认为你弄错了。

(5)

I’m

afraid

you

have

misrepresented

the

facts.

恐怕你没说真话。

十、用if/unless引导的条件句提出警告

(1)

If

you

give

up

the

chance

to

further

your

studies

abroad,

you

will

regret

it.

如果你放弃这次出国进修的机会，你会后悔的。

(2)

If

you

don’t

make

notes

in

class,

you

won’t

pass

the

examination.

如果你们上课不做笔记,考试就不会及格。

(3)

You’ll

be

late

for

the

meeting

unless

you

hurry.

你要是不快点儿，就不能按时参加会议了。

十一、用“If

you

will

do...”从句（will表示意愿）提出请求

(1)

If

you’ll

just

sign

here,

I’ll

cash

you

the

check.

请在这里签个字，我给你对现金。

(2)

If

you

will

excuse

me

for

a

few

minutes,

I’ll

go

and

tell

the

manager

that

you

are

here.请允许我离开一下，我去告诉经理你来了。

十二、用“Hadn’t

you

better...

”表示劝告

Hadn’t

you

better

stop

smoking

here

你是不是最好别在这里抽烟

十三、用“祈使句+or/or

else/otherwise引导的分句”提出警告

(1)

Redouble

your

efforts

or

(else)

you

won’t

succeed.

加倍努力，不然你是不会成功的。

(2)

Don’t

let

the

wires

touch.

Otherwise

you’ll

kill

yourself.

别让电线挨着，否则你就没命了。

十四、用肯定句代替否定句表示看法、责难或忠告等

(1)

All

music

is

alike

to

John.

约翰毫无音乐鉴赏能力。

(2)

When

I

want

your

opinion,

I’ll

ask

for

you.

需要征求你的意见时，我会问你的。(请勿插嘴。)

(3)

There

are

pickpockets

on

the

bus.

车

上有扒手。

十五、用否定之否定表达看法等

(1)

It

is

not

unfair

to

treat

him

so.

这样对他不失公平。

(2)

He

is

a

person

of

no

little

importance.

此人的作用不可小视。

十六、用wish/hope提出请求、建议等

(1)

I

wish

you

don’t

make

so

much

noise

here.

希望你们别在这儿吵闹。

(2)

I

hope

you

don’t

mind

my

asking,

but

I

wonder

if

you

could

account

this

plan?

希望您别介意，不知道您能否就这个计划作一完整说明。

(3)

We’re

hoping

your

son

will

get

married

earlier.

我们希望你儿子早日完婚。

十七、用more,

better,

less等比较级表示看法、拒绝等

(1)

It

is

no

less

than

robbery

to

ask

for

so

much.

要求那么多，跟抢劫有什么两样。

(2)

You

ought

to

know

better

than

to

do

such

things.

你不该做这种事。

(3)

This

is

more

than

I

am

able

to

cope

with.

这个我做不来。

十八、用maybe/perhaps提出建议、请求或表示反驳、反对等

(1)

Maybe

we

should

buy

some

more

cheese.

也许我们该多买些奶酪。

(2)

Maybe

you

could

phone

me

tonight.

或许

你可在晚上给我打电话。

(3)

“What

a

long

film!”“Well,

maybe,

but

I

found

it

interesting.”“这部电影好长啊!”“也许是吧，但我觉得很有趣。”

(4)

Perhaps

there’s

another

side

of

the

question.

也许这个问题还有另一方面的情况吧！

十九、用插入语或附加问句表示看法等

(1)

That’s

not

quite

right,

I

think.我想，那样不大对头吧！

(2)

In

my

opinion,

I

don’t

think

the

dishes

here

are

very

delicious.

在我看来，这儿的菜不是非常好吃。

(3)

Cold

weather,

isn’t

it

天冷，是吧

二十、用成语、典故或谚语陈述事实、提出劝告等

(1)

Mr

Smith

is

head

and

ears

in

debt.

史密

斯先生背了一身债。

(2)

Jane

took

French

leave

the

day

before

yesterday.

简前天不辞而别。

(3)

After

seven

straight

victories

the

team

met

its

Waterloo.

这只球队连胜七场后残败。

(4)

Opportunity

seldom

knocks

twice.

机不可

失，时不再来。

二十一、用一般过去时代替一般现在时、过去进行时代替现在进行时、进行时代替一般时提出请求或询问看法等

(1)

I’m

sorry

to

trouble

you.

Could

you

check

these

figures

for

me

对不起要麻烦你一下，给我核对一下这些数字行吗

(2)

How

did

you

like

the

TV

series

你觉得这部电视连续剧怎么样

(3)

I

was

calling

about

the

open

ceremony

tomorrow,

Mr

Hill.

希尔先生，我打电话给您想问一下明天开业典礼的事。