| 词组 | politeness softening expressions |
| 释义 | Contents overview politeness : softening expressionsI think I'll: softening expressionI think I'll: softening expression softening expression 312.210850312 politeness: softening expressions1quite, maybe, I think, etcWe can express our opinions and intentions less directly (and therefore more politely) by using softening expressions like quite, rather, kind of, a bit, maybe, seem, at all (387).He's quite difficult to understand, isn't he?I find her rather bossy, don't you?The food's a bit expensive.This music's kind of boring.Maybe I'll go for a walk now.They don't seem very friendly.Will you be seeing Denise at all?For more examples, 301.3.2I think I'll …We can say that we are thinking of doing things, instead of expressing our intentions directly.I think I'll go to bed in a few minutes.I'm thinking of going to London tomorrow.I'd quite like to start thinking about going home.3We would like to …In a formal style, requests, invitations, suggestions, etc are often introduced by would like instead of being expressed directly.We would like to invite you to give a talk to our members on June 14th.I'd like to suggest that we take a vote.I would like to congratulate you on your examination results.Previous Next |
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