等你的英文


等等我,可不是 "Wait me"!

你是不是也经常脱口而出 "Wait me"? 快住口!虽然简单直接,但这说法在英文里可行不通!

等你的英文

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正确说法是 "Wait for me"。 简单的词用错才尴尬,下次可别再犯啦!

"Wait a moment" 也尽量别说,这句祈使句语气强硬,显得傲慢无礼。 想礼貌地表达 “等等”,可以参考以下几种说法:

礼貌表达 “等等”:
1. wait a second / minute 等一下
"Wait a second, please. I'll send someone right away to your place." 请您稍等,我们马上派人过去。
2. just a moment / second 稍等下
"Just a second, sir, and I'll draw you up a map." 等等,先生,我给您画张地图。
3. give me a second 稍等一下
"Give me a second, I'll show you around." 等我一下,我带你四处转转。
4. hold on a moment / a second 稍等片刻
"Hold on a moment. I'll tell you Jack's phone number." 请稍等,我来告诉你杰克的电话号码。
5. wait up 等一等
"Wait up, I've got something for you." 等等,我有东西要给你。
除了 “等等”,还有其他说法:
沉住气,别着急:
1. keep your shirt on
"The plane doesn't land for another hour, so keep your shirt on." 请保持耐心,飞机还要一小时才着陆。
2. hold your horses 不要着急,耐心一点
"Don't be angry, just hold your horses, he will reply to every question." 别气,稍等会儿,他会回答每一个问题。
快点,赶紧:
1. get a move on 赶快行动
"Get a move on," said Mor," we haven't got all day." “快点儿”,莫尔说,“我们没有多少时间了。”
2. shake a leg 赶快
"Shake a leg there! We'll never finish if you don't hurry up!" 快点吧!假如你不抓紧,我们就完不成了。
3. chop-chop 快点,赶快
"Come on, chop-chop, we haven't much time before the train goes!" 快点快点,我们没多少时间了。火车就要开了!
4. get cracking 开始行动
"There's a lot to be done, so let's get cracking." 工作很多,咱们开始干吧。
5. look sharp 赶快
"Look sharp! Don't dawdle about like that." 快点!别这么磨磨蹭蹭了。
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