打電話的幾種情況(三)

字號:

●無法接電話時(shí)
    她正在接電話。
    Her line is busy now. *busy表示“正在打電話”,而不是“忙”。
    Sorry, her line is busy now. (對不起,她正在打電話。)
    Alright. I/'ll try again later. (好的。那我過一會兒再打。)
    She/'s on another line now.
    Ms. Kane is talking to someone else now. (凱恩先生正在打電話。)
    I/'m afraid she/'s on the other line now.
    對不起,她現(xiàn)在脫不開身。
    I/'m sorry, she/'s tied up at the moment. *tied up “忙得不能接電話”。
    對不起,她正在接待客人。
    I/'m sorry, she has company at this time. *company 除了“公司”以外,還表示“朋友”、“來客”。
    您等會兒行嗎?
    Would you like to hold? *hold“拿”、“握住”,即“不掛電話等著”。
    Would you like to hold? (您等會兒行嗎?)
    No, I/'ll call back later. Thanks. (不用了,過會兒我再打吧。謝謝。)
    Would you like to stay on the line?
    Can you hold the line, please?
    Would you like to hold on?
    Wanna hold? (能等會兒嗎?) *只用于朋友或熟人,工作中不能使用。Wanna...是Do you want to的省略形式。表示“你想……嗎?”
    他現(xiàn)在不在座位上。
    He/'s away from his desk now.
    他在公司,但現(xiàn)在不在座位上。
    He/'s in but he/'s not at his desk right now.
    對不起,他出去了。
    I/'m sorry, he/'s not in right now.
    Is John there, please? (請問約翰在嗎?)
    I/'m sorry, he/'s not in right now. (對不起,他出去了。)
    He/'s not in.
    He/'s out now.
    He/'s not here now.(他現(xiàn)在不在這兒。)
    He/'s out of the office right now.
    他什么時(shí)候能回來?
    When is he coming back?
    When do you expect him back?
    What time do you think he/'ll be back?
    他大概10分鐘后回來。
    He should be back in ten minutes. *in 指的不是“以內(nèi)”,而是“……之后”,所以是“10分鐘后”的意思。
    他應(yīng)該下個(gè)星期來上班。
    He should be back in the office next week.
    他休假到下個(gè)星期。
    He/'s on vacation until next week.
    他打電話來說病了。
    He called in sick today. *call in sick 是習(xí)慣用語,“打電話請病假”。
    他現(xiàn)在出差去了。
    He/'s out of town now.
    他現(xiàn)在吃午飯去了。
    He/'s out to lunch now. *out to lunch 慣用語,“午休”。
    他現(xiàn)在正在開會。
    He/'s in a meeting right now.
    他今天休息。
    He/'s off today. *只用off就可以表示“休息”。