No Offense & None Taken

分享两个日常短句：

• No offense - 没有冒犯的意思 - short for "No offense intended". It's used before an "offensive" statement in hoping to tone down the reaction. The speaker is fully aware that what they're about to say may cause offense and does not want to cause listeners to feel hurt, angry, or upset。说话者在说“冒犯”话之前，强调之后要说的话不是想伤害对方，以此希望减低听者的抵触反应。
  • "No offense, but I think you are rude. " - 没有冒犯的意思，但我认为你没有礼貌。
• None taken - 没有接受 - usually it is a response when someone says, "no offense" you can say, "none taken". It means you are not offended, or upset, by their statement. 当对方说“no offense”，听者可以回答“none taken”，表示没有感到冒犯。
  • 甲："No offense, but I think you are mistaken. " -没有冒犯的意思，但我认为你是错的。
  • 乙： "None taken, I see your points." - 没事，我明白你的观点。
  • 有次和孩子聊天，说到在公司，讲话陈述事实就可以，不要带立场。比如：“you did this(你做了这)”比“you only did this( 你只做了这）”听起来好一些。不料儿子说："I am not taken. " 意思是听者不生气（虽然说话的有冒犯的意思）。

 

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非常实用，学习了！