英语记趣【72】如何用英语致歉【10月17日重阳节阳光上午】

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在英语国家里,人们“致歉”的机会似乎不少。所以对于英语初学者来说,能正确理解并使用表示歉意的话语是大有裨益的。现举例简介如下:
1. 不小心撞着别人或踩着别人的脚等时,一般可用:
Sorry! 对不起!
Oh, pardon! 噢,对不起!
(I’m ) so sorry!
真对不起!
I’m terribly / awfully sorry! 实在太对不起了!
I am sorry about it. 那很遗憾。
I am sorry for it.
很抱歉,对不起。
回答时可用:It’s all right. / That’s quite all right. / Not at all.
/ Not to worry.等礼貌语,意即:没关系。
2. 因病或其它原因不能恪守诺言时,表示歉意可说:
I wish I could come, but I really don’t feel up to it.
我希望我能来。不过,我真的病了,力不从心。
I am sorry to say that I cannot come.
对不起,我不能来了。
I am sorry, but I shall have to cry off tomorrow.
对不起,我只得取消明天的约会了。
回答可说:
I’m sorry to hear that. I hope You’ll be able to come another
time.
很遗憾(听你这么说),但愿你改日能来。
3. 如果赴约迟到,致歉时可用:
I’m so sorry for being late, but I had something important to
do.
十分抱歉,我来迟了,不过,我有点要紧事要做。
Excuse me for being late.
对不起,请原谅我来迟了。
I apologize for being so late, but the traffic was
jammed.
很抱歉,我来得太迟了,不过交通太拥挤了。
回答时可使用:It doesn’t matter (at all). / There is no need to
apologize. / It’s all right./You are not really late. / Don’t
worry,I was late too.
4. 误解对方或与对方有关的事时,可使用的类似表达法有:
I’m sorry ── I thought you said ten o’clock.
对不起,我以为你说的是十点钟。
I’m very sorry ── I’ve bought the wrong tickets.
很抱歉,我买错票了。
回答时可用:
Don’t worry, let’s try to change then.
没关系,那就这样(改期)吧。
5. 没有理解对方的话时,可用:
Sorry, I don’t quite follow.
对不起,我不太明白。
I’m sorry. I can’t hear you ── this is a bad line(打电话时)。
对不起,我听不见你——线路不好。
6. 觉得自已表达不够明确,无意中说了可能引起对方不悦或可能导致不礼貌的话语时,表示歉意可说:
Sorry, I’m probably not making myself clear.
对不起,我也许没有表达清楚。
Sorry, I didn’t mean to say that.
对不起,我不是这个意思。
7. 在离开、打断他人说话、举止失礼、表示不同意、或向陌生人询问时,可以使用:
Excuse me. 对不起。
Pardon me. 对不起。
If you’ll kindly excuse me, I’ll interrupt you for a
moment.
请原谅,我要打扰你一会儿。
Excuse me for interrupting you (= Excuse my interrupting
you).
对不起,我打扰你了。
8. 由他人代为致歉时,可使用:
Tom’s sorry he couldn’t come, but he had to leave town
suddenly.
汤姆没能来,要我代为致歉,不过他是不得已突然离城的。
John sends his excuses, but he has been delayed at the
office.
约翰迟来上班,要我代为致歉。
9. 要某人向他人道歉时,可使用:
You spoke so rudely to him yesterday that you owe him an
apology.
你昨天对他说话时态度那样粗暴,你得向他赔礼道歉。