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Be grateful

發佈時間: 2015/04/27

有議員提出謬論,指香港人飲東江水,所以要對祖國飲水思源,要感恩(be grateful)。

表示感激、感謝,英文用grateful。向誰表示感激,後接介詞to;為甚麼事情而感激,則後接介詞for。例句:I'm so grateful to all my friends for their help.(我非常感謝朋友的幫助。)

有句說話叫be grateful for small mercies,意思是雖然情況不是你所想般好,但已經不錯,應該為過得去而慶幸,感謝小恩賜。例如The profit is not particularly good this year but we should be grateful for small mercies.(今年的利潤不是特別好,但我們應感到慶幸。)

在公函中提出請求時,常用到grateful一字,句式為someone would be grateful if you could / would……即是「如果你能……某人將感激不盡」。例句:We would be grateful if you could return the signed contract as soon as possible.(如果你能盡快交回已簽訂的合同,我們將感激不盡。)

撰文: Ally 最漂亮英文專業老師
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