感恩口语:thank, appreciate和grateful的不同用法
感恩口语:thank, appreciate和grateful 的不同用法
如果你只知道用thank 表达感谢,那你就真的out 啦!今天小编就带大家来看看英语中不同的" 感谢" 表达:thank, appreciate 和grateful ,以及它们用法上的区别。
thank
(adj.) thankful (unthankful); (n.) thankfulness
thank 作为及物动词,常用搭配是thank sb (for sth / for doing sth),如: She said goodbye and thanked us for coming.
thank 表示" 感谢" ,习惯上只接" 人" 作宾语,而不能接" 事" 作宾语: 正:Thank you for your help.
误:Thank your help.
另外的用法:
1. have sb to thank for (doing) sth 归功于,如:
I have my parents to thank for my success.
2. thank your lucky stars 感谢你的幸运之星,口语中用于表达幸运,尤其是躲过了不愉快或危险的事。如:
Just thank your lucky stars you weren't in the house at the time. appreciate
(adj.) appreciative (inappreciative); (n.) appreciation
appreciate 作为" 感激" 解释时是及物动词,常用搭配:appreciate doing sth ,后跟动名词或代词it 代指的事情。习惯上只能接" 事" 作宾语(object),而不能接" 人" 作宾语:
正:I'd appreciate some help.
误:I'd appreciate you for some help.
appreciate 也指" 欣赏" ,有" 对某事物有一定的兴趣及认识" 的含义,如: In time you'll appreciate the beauty and subtlety of this language. 此外,在商业书信来往中,appreciate 一字出现率颇高,但其意和上面提及的" 欣赏" 音乐有所不同;如:
We greatly appreciate your getting the goods to us at such short notice. 在这句里,"We greatly appreciate..."和"Thank you for..."含意相同。 appreciate 的第三个意思是" (对一种情况或问题的)理解" ,如
I fully appreciate your concern. We will do all in our power to help. appreciate 的另一用法是指某东西" 增值" ,是不及物动词,如:
Their investments have appreciated over the years.
大家有没有留意到appreciate 解作升值时是不需接宾语(object)的? grateful
(反)ungrateful; (n.) gratitude (ingratitude)
grateful 没有相应的动词,它的常用搭配是be grateful to sb for sth,或者后面跟不定式或that 从句,如:
I am extremely grateful to all the teachers for their help.
She seems to think I should be grateful to have a job at all.
He was grateful that she didn't tell his parents about the incident. 另外,grateful 也可用于表达请求,这种用法在书信或者其他正式场合用得比较多,如:
I would be grateful if you could send the completed form back as soon as possible.
除了上述的用法区别之外,thank, appreciate和grateful 在表达情感上也有略微的区别:
"When you are 'grateful' to someone, you can sometimes feel a little 'beholden' to them. It creates a feeling of 'owingness'." 也就是说grateful 带有一点" 义务" 的性质。
而另一方面,"When we appreciate someone or something there is a feeling of ending. There is a feeling of finality. We do not feel the need to pay this person back." 当我们用appreciate 有点意味着这件事的结束,不需要再做什么回报。
另外,oblige (vt.) 一词也有" 使感激" 的意思,如:
I'm much obliged to you. 我非常感谢你。
不过oblige 更常见的含义是" 迫使" ,如:
Parents are obliged by law to send their children to school.