Getting the Chairperson's Attention 引起会议主持的注意
May I have a word?
If I may, I think...
Excuse me for interrupting.
May I come in?
Giving Opinions 表达意见
I'm positive that...
I (really) feel that...
In my opinion...
The way I see things...
If you ask me ... I tend to think that...
Asking for Opinions 询问意见
Are you positive that...
Do you (really) think that...
(name of participant), can we get your input?
How do you feel about...?
Commenting 做出评论
That's interesting.
I never thought about it that way before.
Good point!
Requesting Information 请求信息
Please, could you...
I'd like you to...
Would you mind...
I wonder if you could...
Asking for Verification 请求确认
You did say next week, didn't you? (did要重读)
Do you mean that...?
Is it true that...?
Correcting Information 更正
Sorry, I think you misunderstood what I said.
Sorry, that's not quite right.
I'm afraid you don't understand what I'm saying.
That's not quite what I had in mind.
That's not what I meant.
We're running short of time.
Well, that seems to be all the time we have today.
Please be brief.
I'm afraid we've run out of time.
I'm afraid that's outside the scope of this meeting.
Let's get back on track, why don't we?
That's not really why we're here today.
Why don't we return to the main focus of today's meeting?
We'll have to leave that to another time.
We're beginning to lose sight of the main point.
Keep to the point, please.
I think we'd better leave that for another meeting.
Are we ready to make a decision?
Asking for Clarification 要求澄清
I don't quite follow you. What exactly do you mean?
我不太明白你的意思。你到底想说什么呢？
I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you are getting at.
好像我没太明白你的看法。
Could you explain to me how that is going to work?
你能给我解释一下这个是怎么用的吗？
I don't see what you mean. Could we have some more details, please?
我不明白你的意思。你能说得再详细一点吗？
Clarifying 澄清
Let me spell it out...
让我解释一下……
Have I made that clear?
明白了吗？
Do you see what I'm getting at?
你明白我的意思吗？
Let me put this another way...
让我换种方式说明……
I'd just like to repeat that...
我愿意重申一下…… |
