You're wrong这个说法语气有点居高临下。Wrong在表示错误时,强调一点都不对,语气有点强硬。其实英语中有很多更委婉地表达对方错了的说法,可以参考以下几个原则。
一些可以替换掉wrong的正面的词:
•oversight n.疏忽,失察
•slip up v.疏忽,出差错
•hiccup n.暂时的小问题
•confusion n.困惑,糊涂
•bump n.碰到困难或障碍
•hurdle n.障碍
•challenge n.挑战,质疑
要多使用一些程度较轻微的词汇:
•slight adj.轻微的,少量的
•little
•a bit of
•minor adj.较小的,较少的,低级的,次要的
•a few
你可以使用的例子:
•This may create a slight hurdle for us
这可能会给我们制造一个小小的障碍
•There's been a little confusion about...
关于……有一点困惑
•It seems there was a bit of an oversight regarding...
关于...似乎有一点疏忽
•It looks like we may have hit a bump with...
看起来我们可能遇到了...的障碍
•There are a few sections of the report that need to be changed
报告中有几个部分需要修改
•A minor slip up has surfaced
一个小错误浮出水面
•There have been a few hiccups along the way
在这一过程中也出现了一些小问题
避免对犯错的人直接说“你...(怎么样)”
•There's been an oversight
有些小的疏忽
•There may have been some confusion
这里可能有些混乱
•It seems like we've hit a bump
我们似乎遇到了困难
提出积极的建议,而不是直接指出错误
•Let's recheck the statement together
我们一起重新核对一下报表
•Let's look at it again later as it needs a little revision
我们稍后再看它,因为它需要一点修改
•We'll need to make a few minor adjustments/amendments
我们需要做一些微调
02
“口误”可不是mouth wrong!
口误
a slip of the tongue
slip/slɪp/
slip的意思是“滑”,通常就是指脚滑,滑倒之类的,而当它搭配其他词语,也可以表示某个东西偏离了正确的位置,造成了某种错误,就如a slip of the tongue,就可以理解为舌头打滑,舌头没有在它本该在的位置而导致了说话说错了。这个短语的英文解释为
a mistake made when what someone says is different from what was meant
指一种所说的与本意不一致的错误
例:
I called her new boyfriend by her previous boyfriend's name-it was just a slip of the tongue.
我叫她的新男友时喊成了她前任男友的名字——那只是一个口误。
03
关心别人,不要问What's wrong with you?
以前在国内,老师都教我们:What's wrong with you?的意思是:“你怎么了?”,字面是没错可真正的意思差的远了去了!
在国外人们说这句话就相当于在问:你有病吗?
把这句话放到课本里,简直是在坑学生啊!!!
正确用法:
What's wrong?
What's going on?
What's up?
What's the matter?