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Hi, everybody, welcome back to top words. My name is Alisha and today we're going to talk about 10 ways to reject an invitation.
大家好，欢迎回到热门词汇。我叫Alisha，今天我们将讨论拒绝邀请的10种方法。
So hopefully these are 10 ways to make your rejection a little bit softer, a little more polite. So let's go.
希望这10种方法可以让您的拒绝更温和、更礼貌。那么我们开始吧。
Sorry, I already have plans. The first phrase is sorry, I already have plans. Sorry, I already have plans. Sorry, I already have plans is nice because it's very vague.
第一个是sorry, I already have plans，这个说法很好，因为它非常模糊。
I have plans so there's something else I'm planning to do, I already. So before this conversation I made different plans and sorry, so I apologize. Sorry, I already have plans.
我有计划，我计划做其他事情。在这次谈话之前，我制定了不同的计划，对不起，所以我道歉。
This is a very useful phrase, very vague, kind of open. So in a sentence: Thanks for the dinner invite, but sorry, I already have plans.
这是一个非常有用的短语，非常模糊，有点开放。例如：Thanks for the dinner invite, but sorry, I already have plans.
I can't go, I have to... The next phrase is I can't go, I have to blah blah blah. So I can't go or I can't do the activity you suggested. I can't go, I have to study.
下一个是I can't go, I have to...意思是我不能去，或者我不能做你建议的活动。我不能去，我得学习。
I can't go, I have to work. I can't go, I have to have dinner with my family. I can't go, I have to have a meeting. I can't go, I have to wash my dog.
我不能去，我得工作。我不能去，我得和家人共进晚餐。我不能去，我得开会。我不能去，我得给我的狗洗澡。
So I can't go, I have this other thing I'm responsible for. I have to do something else. So in another sentence: I can't go, I have to work late.
我不能去，我还有另一件事要负责。我得做点别的事。例如：I can't go, I have to work late.
I'm staying home tonight. The third expression is I'm staying home tonight, I'm staying home tonight.
第三个表达方式是I'm staying home tonight。
So if someone invites you to an activity outside the house, just a nice way to say no is sorry, I'm staying home tonight. I want to stay in my house.
如果有人邀请你参加户外活动，一个礼貌的拒绝方式就是，对不起，我今晚要呆在家里。我想呆在家里。
I'm staying in tonight is another way to say that. So I'm not going out. I don't have plans to go out anywhere. I'm staying home tonight. In a sentence: Thanks for inviting me, but I'm staying home tonight.
I'm staying in tonight是另一种说法。我不出去。我没有计划去任何地方。我今晚要呆在家里。例如：Thanks for inviting me, but I'm staying home tonight.
Thanks, but I'm gonna sit this one out. The next expression is thanks, but I'm gonna sit this one out. So sit this one out, we use this for sports actually.
下一个表达是thanks, but I'm gonna sit this one out。我们其实在体育运动中使用sit this one out这个表达。
To sit something out, to sit this one means this time, this activity. Thanks, but I'm gonna sit this one out means to sit out, means to not participate.
to sit this one意味着这次，这项活动。Thanks, but I'm gonna sit this one out意味着不参加。
So in sports, to sit out means the other people on your team are participating in the game but you are sitting out of the game, you are on the bench, you are waiting, or you are not participating.
在体育运动中，to sit out意味着你队里的其他人正在参加比赛，但你坐在场外，你坐在板凳上，你在等待，或者你不参加。
So the idea is the same for an activity. I'm gonna sit this one out. So this time I'm not going to participate. In a sentence: Thanks, but I've been working a lot lately. I think I'm gonna sit this one out.
对于活动来说，这个想法是一样的。这次我不参加了。例如：Thanks, but I've been working a lot lately. I think I'm gonna sit this one out.
I'm out. The next expression is I'm out. I'm out. So very very casual. Use this with people you are close to. It just means I'm not participating. I am out of this activity.
下一个表达是I'm out。非常非常随意。对亲近的人说。这只是意味着我不参加了。我不参加这项活动。
I am not in this activity. I'm out. So just you can't go, you don't want to go, or just whatever.
我没有参加这项活动。所以你不能去，你不想去，或者随便什么。
You are comfortable enough with the other people, you can say a very short and casual rejection, just say I'm out.
如果你和其他人相处得还不错，你可以简短随意地拒绝，就说I'm out。
In a sentence: I've already spent too much money this month. I'm out. Or sorry, I can't join you guys tonight. I have lots of work to do. I'm out. Or nope, I'm tired. I'm out. That one's very very casual.
例如：I've already spent too much money this month. I'm out.或者I can't join you guys tonight. I have lots of work to do. I'm out.或者nope, I'm tired. I'm out.非常非常随意。
Apologies, but I'll be unable to attend. The next expression is apologies, but I will be unable to attend. Apologies, but I'll be unable to attend this.
下一个表达是apologies, but I will be unable to attend。
You might see more in written correspondence like in an email or in a letter perhaps. So apologies is more formal than sorry.
你可能会在书面信函中看到更多，比如电子邮件或信函。apologies比sorry更正式。
And but I will be unable to attend means in the future it is not going to be possible for me to participate. I will be unable to attend.
但I will be unable to attend意味着将来我将无法参加。
So you can use this to reject like a reception, a formal event, a business meeting, perhaps something you are unable to attend, it's not possible for you to attend.
你可以使用它来拒绝招待会、正式活动、商务会议，也许是你无法参加、不可能参加的某件事。
This is a nice way to reject the invitation. In a sentence: Apologies, but I will be unable to attend the seminar.
这是拒绝邀请的好方法。例如：Apologies, but I will be unable to attend the seminar.
I'm terribly sorry, but I have another appointment. Okay, next one, the next expression is I'm terribly sorry, but I have another appointment. I'm terribly sorry, but I have another appointment.
下一个表达是“I'm terribly sorry, but I have another appointment”。
So I'm terribly sorry is I'm very sorry but terribly sounds more formal than very. I'm terribly sorry but I have another appointment. So you can use this at work.
I'm terribly sorry的意思是I'm very sorry，但terribly听起来比“very”更正式。你可以在工作场合中使用这个表达。
You can use this for business meetings, for maybe trying to meet like a client, if you want kind of more formal situations. I'm terribly sorry but I have another appointment.
如果您想要更正式的场合，您可以在商务会议上使用，例如与客户会面。
So you want to meet someone. I'm terribly sorry but I cannot, I have another appointment. There's something else.
你可以说：I'm terribly sorry but I cannot, I have another appointment. There's something else.
And using the word appointment makes it sound like it's kind of a more formal situation. It makes it sound like you have something else work you need to do or some other responsibility to take care of.
appointment这个词听起来像是在更正式的场合。听起来好像你还有其他工作要做，或者还有其他责任要处理。
I have another appointment. In a sentence: I'm terribly sorry, but I have another appointment at that time.
例如：I'm terribly sorry, but I have another appointment at that time.
Unfortunately, I have to... The next expression is unfortunately, I have to blah blah blah. Unfortunately, I have to blah blah blah. You can use this in casual situations and in formal situations.
下一个表达是Unfortunately, I have to...。你可以在随意和正式的场合使用。
I would use this more in formal situations because the word unfortunately sounds a bit more formal. In casual situations I would just say sorry, I have to as we talked about earlier.
我更倾向于在正式场合使用，因为“unfortunately”这个词听起来更正式一些。在非正式场合，我只会说sorry, I have to，就像我们之前谈到的一样。
But in more formal situations, you can say unfortunately, I have to blah blah blah. So unfortunately, I have to go to a meeting at that time. Or unfortunately, I will be away on business.
但在更正式的场合，你可以说unfortunately, I have to。不幸的是，我当时必须去开会。或者不幸的是，我要出差了。
Or unfortunately, I have to arrange a Skype meeting for a different time or something I don't know. So unfortunately expresses your apology, that I'm sorry feeling. In another sentence: Unfortunately, I have to attend a meeting.
或者不幸的是，我必须安排一个其他时间的Skype会议，unfortunately表达了你的歉意。例如：Unfortunately, I have to attend a meeting.
Thanks, but I'm really tired. The next expression is thanks, but I'm really tired. Thanks, but I'm really tired. So this is good if you get a spontaneous.
下一个表达是thanks, but I'm really tired。如果你遇到一个自发的场景，这个短语就很好。
So spontaneous just means no plan, a very quick, sudden invitation, like your friend sends you a message like hey let's get dinner tonight or hey do you want to get a drink.
spontaneous只是意味着没有计划，一个非常快速、突然的邀请，比如你的朋友给你发信息说：嘿，我们今晚一起吃晚饭吧，或者嘿，你想喝点东西吗。
You can say thanks, but I'm really tired. So thank you for the invitation but I'm really tired. So maybe after work like let's get a drink after work. Thanks, but I'm really tired.
你可以说thanks, but I'm really tired。意思是谢谢你的邀请，但我真的很累。比如有人邀请你下班后一起喝一杯你可以说Thanks, but I'm really tired。
Or let's go to the beach. Thanks, but I'm really tired. I want to stay home today. Or let's go hiking. Thanks, but I'm really tired.
或者邀请你去海滩，也可以说Thanks, but I'm really tired. I want to stay home today。或者邀请一起去远足，可以回复说Thanks, but I'm really tired。
So some spontaneous, sudden, quick invitation. You can say thanks, but I'm really tired to respond. Okay, in a sentence: Sounds fun, thanks! But I'm really tired.
一些自发的、突然的、快速的邀请，可以说thanks, but I'm really tired。例如：Sounds fun, thanks! But I'm really tired.
I'd love to, but I'm... The next expression is I'd love to, but I'm blah blah blah ing. I'd love to, but I'm working. I'd love to, but I'm studying. I'd love to, but I'm baking a cake.
下一个表达是I'd love to, but I'm...，后跟ing形式。例如：I'd love to, but I'm working. I'd love to, but I'm studying. I'd love to, but I'm baking a cake.
I'd love to, but I'm getting my haircut. So we use this ing form for some activity we are planning to do. I'd love to, but I'm going swimming. Or I'd love to, but I'm hiking on that day.
I'd love to, but I'm getting my haircut.我们用ing形式来表示计划做的一些活动。例如：I'd love to, but I'm going swimming. I'd love to, but I'm hiking on that day.
So using the progressive form of the verb related to the activity shows that your plan has been decided already. So try to use the progressive form of the verb here in this expression. In a sentence: I'd love to, but I'm leaving town that day.
使用与活动相关的动词的进行时表明计划已经确定。请尝试在此表达中使用动词的进行时形式。例如：I'd love to, but I'm leaving town that day.
So those are 10 ways to reject an invitation. I hope that those are useful for you and these are kind of some more polite ways to say no.
以上就是拒绝邀请的10种方法。我希望这些方法对您有用，并且这些方法也是更礼貌的拒绝方式。
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