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在非正式场合中与熟人或朋友交流时，有时说话稍微直接一点并无大碍。但在工作等正式场合中，则需要注意自己的措辞。怎样提出个人想法和意见，听起来才更委婉？主持人 Sian 在视频中介绍在正式场合用英语礼貌表述个人观点的多种方法。

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It's OK to be direct with people you know, but sometimes in more formal situations, like at work, it's important to be polite.

You can give your opinion in a direct way: Your presentation is too

long.

But to make your opinion less direct, use verbs like 'reckon', 'feel', 'believe'. And also vague expressions like 'sort of', 'kind of', 'a little'.

I reckon your presentation is a little long.

Or, turn it into a question to make it even less direct: Don't you think your presentation is kind of long?

You can tell someone they've made a mistake in a very direct way: You've sent the wrong reports.

But to be less direct, add softer verbs like 'seem to' or 'appear to': You seem to have sent the wrong reports.

You see – it's easy to be polite.

用法总结

在陈述句里加入一些委婉、模糊的词汇来弱化语气，让我们提出的想法和意见听起来更礼貌。比如 “reckon”、“feel”、“believe” 这类表达 “觉得，认为...” 的词语和 “sort of（大概，差不多）”、“kind of（似乎，有点）”、“a little（一点）” 这类短语。

• I reckon you need
  
  to re-write the essay.
• I feel that presentation could have been better.
• It was sort of OK, but maybe you need to re-write the essay.



• That presentation was kind of good, but it could have been better.
• I believe this report would be better if you spend a little more time on it.

将陈述句变为问句，语气更加委婉。

• Do you think you need to re-write the essay?
• Do you feel the presentation could have been better?

指出他人错误时，可以加入 “seem to”、“appear to” 这类表达 “看起来，似乎” 的搭配，以柔化语气。

• You appear to have written about the wrong subject.
• You seem to have misunderstood the topic of the presentation.