每天早起匆忙赶地铁/公交的你,免不了会迟到。

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“But, who cares?”看看下面这位小哥哥迟到后的态度:

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今天的话题就是——迟到啦!

(一)正式的会议要迟到了:

I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it to our meeting on time.

我恐怕不能准时到会了。

Attention!

如果不小心把”on time” 去掉,就是“我来不了了”。

(二)正式的会议已经迟到了:

Sorry to keep you waiting.

对不起让您久等了。

I’m so sorry for taking up more of your time.

很抱歉,我占用了您太多的时间。

完整的表达:

Sorry to keep you waiting. Thank you for your flexibility. I really appreciated.

对不起让您久等了。感谢您的理解。非常感激。

(三)不太正式的会议要迟到:

I’m sorry I’m running late.

I’m sorry I’m a little bit late.

抱歉,我要迟到了。

I may be about 10 to 15 minutes late.

我可能会晚10到15分钟。

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(四)迟到的借口理由:

I’ve got caught up at work.

我有些事情要处理。

Something’s come up.

突然有急事。

I lost track of time.

我完全忘记时间了。

(honest mistake 不是故意的过错)

It's too jammed ahead.

前面太堵了。

I overslept. This one is on me.

我睡过头了。我的错!

(五)如何补救:

I swear I’ll make it up to you.

我保证会做出弥补的。

Please forgive me, I promise I won't be late again.

请原谅,我保证不会再迟到了。

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(六)要迟到了,催促别人:

Hurry up, or we’ll be late.

快点儿,否则我们就迟到了。

It was all because of your dawdling that we were late.

都是你老磨蹭,害得我们迟到了。

(七)其它相关词汇:

overdue 到期的

overdue account 逾期未付款

the latecomer迟到者

put off to… / postpone to…推迟到……

in time 及时,在恰好的时候

守时自然是很好的品质,但有时的确会有突发情况导致迟到。客气礼貌的回复是最好的补救方式。但若是故意“放鸽子”,小编认为是不可原谅的!

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stand somebody up 爽约,放某人鸽子

Well, I was afraid you would stand me up.

我担心你会放我鸽子。

Maureen was in a bad mood because she got stood up.

Maureen因别人爽约而心情不好。

希望大家都不会有被放鸽子的时候。

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