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能用please就不用kindly
2009/11/26 17:38
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我常接到英文email,信末寫著:Please kindly give me a reply (請回覆)。
很多人用Kindly 這個字,以為這樣更客氣,其實是誤會。


kindly並不是很客氣的說法。《朗文高級辭典》kindly 條的解釋是: Kindly 意思是請,但經常表示,說話的人覺得被打擾的時候用的。

Longman exam dictionary:Kindly is a word which means please, but is used by the speaker when he is annoyed (so it is used 'ironically', in a sense)

英語學者John Bremner提到 kindly:"Kindly" is stronger and more formal than "please" and tends to connote the idea of "Do this -- or else" Kindly please語氣強,更正式,往往帶「你要這樣做─ ─否則」含義)。

kindly
please 的意思,兩字不必並用; kindly有不滿意味,例如:Kindly turn the radio down while I am working. (我在工作,請你把收音機調小聲一點)。這一句的kindly是較強烈的要求。

要客客氣氣的說「請」,please kindly 簡單而自然
Current English Usage
  Do not use "kindly" in requests where "please" will do (提出要求,可以說please ,就不要說 kindly )。

Kindly
please不是沒有互用的時候,舉例如下:
1 Kindly shut the door 請關上門  
2 Would you kindly leave me alone  請不要打擾我) 

第一句的kindly可用please取代  第二句的 kindly 則有不滿含義,不宜改  please

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