英语委婉语气表达法

尤其在口语中。现将常见的表达方法荟萃如下：??

一、用“W i l l?y o u...”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w o u l d开头的句式提出请求??

1.?W o u l d?y o u?(p l e a s e/k i n d l y)...???

(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)?W o u l d?y o u?k i n d l y?d r i v e?m e?h o m e你能不能开车送我回家？??

2.?W o u l d?i t?b e?p o s s i b l e?/t o o?m u c h?(f o r?m e)t o...??

(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.?W o u l d?y o u?b e?k i n d/g o o d?e n o u g h?t o?/s o?k i n d?a s?t o...??

(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.?W o u l d?y o u?m i n d?(m y)?d o i n g...??

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.?W o u l d?y o u?m i n d?i f?I?...??

Would?you?mind?if?I?asked?you?a?question?我可以问你一个问题吗？??

三、sh all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)?S h a l l?s h e?c o m e?a t?o n c e?要她马上来吗？??

四、用w o u l d,?s h o u l d,?c o u l d,?m i g h t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)?W e?sh o uld?st art?o ut?earlier?t om o rrow.?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“L e t’s...,O K/s h a l l/s h a n’t?w e”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j u s t/k i n d l y/p l e a s e的祈使句或“祈使句+w i l l?y o u/w o n’t?y o u/c a n?y o u/?c o u l d?y o u”??

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)?G e t?s o m e?c h a l k?q u i c k l y,?w i l l?y o u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“H a v e?y o u?t h o u g h t?o f/?c o n s i d e r e d?d o i n g...”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?/considere d?g i v i n g?u p?d r i n k i n g?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?n o t?s u r e.../I?d o u b t...”或“I’m?a f r a i d.../I’m?s o r r r y.../I f?y o u?d o n’t?m i n d...”等表示怀疑或反对??

(1)?—D a v i d?i s?a n?e f f i c i e n t?m a n.?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 ?i n t o?a c c o u n t.?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i f/u n l e s s引导的条件句提出警告??