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2014/08/18 第101期  |  訂閱/退訂  |  看歷史報份

「請」這個字:可以用please,就不用kindly

我常接到英文email,信末寫著:Please kindly give me a reply (請回覆)。
很多人用Kindly 這個字,以為這樣更客氣,其實是誤會。

kindly並不是很客氣的說法。《朗文高級辭典》kindly 條的解釋是: 「Kindly 意思是請,但經常表示,說話的人覺得被打擾的時候用的。」

Longman exam dictionary:
Kindly is a word which means please, but is used by the speaker when he is annoyed (so it is used 'ironically', in a sense)

英語學者John Bremner提到 kindly: "Kindly" is stronger and more formal than "please" and tends to connote the idea of "Do this -- or else" ( Kindly 比 please語氣強,更正式,往往帶「你要這樣做─ ─否則」含義)。kindly 有 please 的意思,兩字不必並用; kindly有不滿意味,例如:Kindly turn the radio down while I am working. (我在工作,請你把收音機調小聲一點)。這一句的kindly是較強烈的要求。

要客客氣氣的說「請」,please 比 kindly 簡單而自然。Current English Usage 說 : Do not use "kindly" in requests where "please" will do (提出要求,可以說please ,就不要說 kindly )。

Kindly和please不是沒有互用的時候,舉例如下:
( 1 ) Kindly shut the door( 請關上門 ) 。
( 2 ) Would you kindly leave me alone ( 請不要打擾我) 。
第一句的kindly可用please取代 , 第二句的 kindly 則有不滿含義,不宜改 為 please 。

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這幾句每一句都很彆扭,因為都是直接中翻英講出來的英文,你會不會也講出類似的英文呢?先不要看答案,看看能不能把它講對!

1. My boss expects that I do my work better than my colleagues.
2. You can find a good job with that working experience.
3. There are three interviewers asking me questions.
4. They thought I couldn't get it done.
5. The bank gives him a loan.
6. The decision is not good for both of us.
7. Starting from now, we share the control right of the company.
8. I work from pressure.
9. I please him to pass me the file.
10. He is watching the newspaper.

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1. My boss expects that I could outperform my colleagues.
2. You can find a good job with that work experience.
3. Three interviewers are asking me questions.
4. They didn't think I could get it done.
5. The bank grants him a loan.
6. The decision does not good for either of us.
7. Starting from now, we share the ownership of the company.
8. I work under pressure.
9. I asked him to pass me the file.
10. He is reading the newspaper.

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假如你只是模模糊糊覺得英文很重要,也不太曉得自己的英文哪裡出了問題,只知道不夠好;而【世界公民文化中心】的網站上,學習計劃這麼多,到底要登記在哪裡呢?請你先登記在這裡。我們會先幫你安排一次免費的英語諮商,再建議適合的學習計劃。
 
 
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