"改天吧"婉拒他人的万能句,用英语怎么说?

生活里有些事总是不得不拒绝的,今天小编就跟大家分享一下,面对邀请或请求时,如何用英文礼貌地拒绝。

“改天吧”

这个中文里用来婉拒他人的万能句

不要太好用

那英文里应该怎么说?

"改天吧"英文怎么说?

可以直接翻译

How about another day?

Maybe some other time.

虽然这样说没问题

只是实在有些死板,显得好没意思……

用一句英文俚语来说就活泼多了

take a rain check

“take a rain check”字面意思是“拿一张雨票”。

短语起源来自美国的棒球文化,如果比赛时因恶劣天气而不得不终止,官方将发给观众交换券(check),凭借此券可以观看下一次的比赛。由此衍生出了 take a rain check,使用在将约定改期的情况下。

例句:

I'm sorry, but I'll take a rain check for dinner this Saturday. Would next weekend work for you?

很抱歉,这周六的晚餐可能要改天约了。你下周方便嘛?

A:Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?

你愿意和我共进晚餐吗?

B:I'll take a rain check! I've got stuff to do.

改天吧,我有点事。

生活里有些事总是不得不拒绝的,今天小编就跟大家分享一下,面对邀请或请求时,如何用英文礼貌地拒绝。

如何拒绝邀请

①Thank you so much for the invitation, but I'm afraid I have a prior [ˈpraɪə(r)] engagement.

非常感谢您的邀请,但我已经有约了。

②I'm so sorry, but I won't be able to make it. Another time would be great, though!

很抱歉,我无法去。要是换个时间就太好了!

③It's a lovely idea, but I won't be able to join you this time.

好主意,但我这次无法参加了。

④Today's not so good - how about tomorrow?

今天不太合适,明天如何?

如何拒绝请求

①I'd like to help you but I can't take on any new commitments at the moment, I'm afraid.

我很想帮助你,但现在恐怕无法再增加任何新任务了。

②Actually, I think this is something you could do really well yourself!

事实上,我觉得您完全可以自己做好!

③Why not have a go yourself, and give me a shout if you need help?

要不您先自己做着,在需要帮助时喊我?

下面大白给大家补充一些关于时间的表达。

the other day

the other day类似于recently,意思是“前两天”、“不久以前”。另外“某一天”可以用another day来表示,它还含有“又一天,再一天”的意思。

例句:

Just the other day I was saying to Bob that I'd love to travel to France.

前两天我刚和Bob说过我想去法国旅行。

one fine day

at some unspecified or unknown time,在某个未知的时间。

从字面上看是美好的一天,但其引申义为“突然有一天”,“总有一天”

例句:

I hadn't seen him for ten years. Then one fine day he just turned up.

我有10年没见他了,突然有一天他出现了。

pass the time of day

pass the time of day是个习惯用语,意思为“寒暄”、“问候”、“聊一会”

例句:

I love walking down to the local shop and passing the time of day with everyone in the neighborhood along the way.

最爱的事便是步行到当地的小超市,还会和沿路遇到的可爱邻居闲话家常两句。

大白最后还整理了一些时间表达的变化,有需要的同学可以记一下!

now 现在

today 今天

this evening 今晚

yesterday 昨天

yesterday morning 昨天上午

last night 昨天晚上

two days ago 两天前

next week 下周

tomorrow 明天

the day before yesterday 前天

the day after tomorrow 后天

then 那时

that day 那天

that evening 那天晚上

the day before 前一天

the morning before 前一天上午

the night before 前一天晚上

two days before 两天前

the next week/the following week 第二周

the next day/the following day 第二天

two days before 两天前

in two days` time/two days after 两天后

以后你还会因为不会拒绝别人而烦恼吗?

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