Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #758
Please
请
Used to make a polite request.
- 1.
Used to make a polite request.
用于礼貌请求。
用于礼貌请求。
In use
Please pass the salt.
Could you please help me with this?
May I please have a glass of water?
please + verb
please 后接动词原形，构成礼貌的祈使句。
Please pass me the salt.
请把盐递给我。
Could you please + verb?
用 Could you please... 比直接说 Please... 更委婉客气。
Could you please wait a moment?
请您稍等一下好吗？
Please don't + verb
这是 please 的否定祈使句，用来礼貌地劝阻或提醒对方不要做某事。
Please don't smoke here.
请不要在这里吸烟。
Yes, please
用于礼貌地接受对方提供的物品或帮助。
"Would you like more coffee?" "Yes, please."
“您还要咖啡吗？”“好的，麻烦了。”
Common mistakes
Please you listen to me.Please listen to me.
英语祈使句通常省略主语 you，please 后直接跟动词原形；中文“请你听我说”中的“你”不能直译进英语祈使句。
I please you to give me a hand.Please give me a hand.
please 在此是副词，不是动词“请求”；英语不把 please 用作“I please you to…”这样的动词结构。请求帮助应直接说 Please give me a hand.
Please to close the door.Please close the door.
please 后接动词原形（不带 to），不能说 please to do；“请关门”应说 Please close the door.
Connections
Collocations
- please note
- 请注意
- Please note that the office will be closed on Monday.请注意，办公室周一将关闭。
- please find attached
- 请查收附件
- Please find attached the revised contract.请查收修订后的合同附件。
- please let me know
- 请告诉我
- Please let me know if you have any questions.如有任何问题，请告诉我。
- please don't hesitate to
- 请尽管
- Please don't hesitate to ask for help.请尽管寻求帮助。
- please help yourself
- 请自便
- Please help yourself to some coffee.请随便喝点咖啡。
- please accept
Learner notes
Memory Tip
please 里有 ease（轻松），一个礼貌的“请”让彼此都轻松。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常请求、书面通知、客服或公共服务用语 please 作副词表示礼貌请求，属于中性用法，日常和正式场合都常用；在祈使句或请求句中使用可缓和语气。
Grammar Note
常用于祈使句或疑问句的开头，或放在动词前。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhyming words end in /-iːz/: tease, freeze, sneeze, cheese. Lookalike warnings: cease and lease end in /-iːs/ (voiceless /s/), so they do not rhyme with please.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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