23/06/2023
想請同事幫忙卻難以開口?除了Can you help me,仲有8句英文令表達更得體!
Zephyr Yeung
Zephyr Yeung
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每次希望請同事幫忙的時候,都覺得難以開口?好不容易找對了時機,說了一句「Can you help me?」,然後覺得這個表達方式好像不夠禮貌不夠得體?本周,筆者會同大家分享8句請求別人協助的表達方式,以後有求於人的時候就不用再徬徨了!
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1.Could you please do me a small favor? 請問可以幫我一個小忙嗎?
例句:
Could you please do me a small favor and help me contact Miss. Chiu?
請問你能幫我聯繫趙小姐嗎?
2.Could you please help me out? 請問你可以幫幫我嗎?
例句:
Excuse me. Could you please help me out? I’m running out of time to deliver this parcel but it’s very urgent.
不好意思,我沒時間送這件快遞了,但這真的很緊急,請問你可以幫幫我嗎?
3.Could I bug you for a second? 請問我可以打擾你一會兒嗎?
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例句:
Could I bug you for a second? I would like to ask some questions about this proposal.
請問我可以打擾你一會兒嗎?我有一些關於這個計劃書的問題想請教一下你。
4.Could you possibly…? 請問你可否…?
例句一:
Could you possibly close that window?
請問你可否把窗戶關上?
例句二:
Could you possibly share this document with us so that we can proofread it together?
請問你能否與我們分享這份文件,以便我們一起校對?
5.Could you give me a few pointers? 請問你可以指點一下我嗎?
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例句:
I’m really stuck. Could you give a few pointers on how to write an academic essay?
我確實給難住了,您能否指導我如何撰寫學術論文?
6.Would you mind if I pick your brain? 方便請教您的想法嗎?
例句:
Seeing as you have been so helpful with this particular detail, would you mind if I pick your brain on the other original question I had?
鑑於您對這細節如此了解,方便請教您對於我提出的另一個原始問題的想法嗎嗎?
7.I could really use a hand 我需要你的幫助
例句:
I’m finding the proposals too difficult to handle. I could really use a hand if you’re have time later.
我發現處理這些計劃書很困難,如果你等一下有時間的話,我需要你的幫助。
8.Could I trouble you to…? 可以麻煩你…?
例句:
Could I trouble you to double-check the information?
能麻煩您再核對一下信息嗎?
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