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[CONVENTION 惯用语]对不起,请再说一遍(美国英语用Pardon me?) You say '
Pardon?' or '
I beg your pardon?' or, in American English, '
Pardon me?' when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it.
'Will you let me open it?' — 'Pardon?' — 'Can I open it?'...
“我能打开它吗?”——“请再说一遍?”——“我能打开它吗?”
'Does it have wires coming out of it?' — 'Pardon me?' — 'Does it have wires coming out of it?'
“有电线从里面伸出来吗?”——“什么?”——“有电线从里面伸出来吗?”
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]你说什么?(表示惊讶或者受到冒犯) People say '
I beg your pardon?' when they are surprised or offended by something that someone has just said.
'Would you get undressed, please?' — 'I beg your pardon?' — 'Will you get undressed?'
“请你脱掉衣服,好吗?”——“你说什么?”——“脱掉衣服,好吗?”
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]对不起;请原谅 You say '
I beg your pardon' or '
I do beg your pardon' as a way of apologizing for accidentally doing something wrong, such as disturbing someone or making a mistake.
I was impolite and I do beg your pardon...
我失礼了,真对不起。
'We're meant to do it quarterly actually.' — 'Oh quarterly, I beg your pardon, I thought it was monthly.'
“其实我们本意是一季度一次。”——“哦,一季度一次,对不起,我还以为一月一次呢。”
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]对不起,不好意思打断一下(用于引起他人注意或者打断他人) Some people say '
Pardon me' instead of 'Excuse me' when they want to politely get someone's attention or interrupt them.
[formulae]
[mainly BRIT 主英]
[SPOKEN 口语]
Pardon me, are you finished, madam?
对不起,您用完餐了吗,夫人?
in AM, use 美国英语用 excuse me
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]恕我直言 You can say things like '
Pardon me for asking' or '
Pardon my frankness' as a way of showing you understand that what you are going to say may sound rude.
That, if you'll pardon my saying so, is neither here nor there.
恕我直言,那根本就不重要。
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]请原谅我这么说;说句粗话您别介意 Some people say things like '
If you'll pardon the expression' or '
Pardon my French' just before or after saying something which they think might offend people.
It's enough to make you wet yourself, if you'll pardon the expression.
这足以吓得你尿裤子了,请原谅我这么说。
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[VERB 动词]赦免 If someone who has been found guilty of a crime
is pardoned, they are officially allowed to go free and are not punished.
Hundreds of political prisoners were pardoned and released.
数百名政治犯被赦免释放。
Pardon is also a noun.