我有一个不情之请 请讲
“I have a request. Go ahead.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们这边有船 没错
“You have a boat here? Yes.”
我有一个 不情之请 请讲
“I have a request. Go ahead.”
能不能带着我的伤兵和医护人员 跟你们一起上船
“Can I take my wounded soldiers and medical staff with my wounded soldiers and medical staff?”
“I know this is a big ask, but I desperately need your help.”
By explicitly calling one's own appeal 'unreasonable' or 'presumptuous' (不情之请), the speaker protects the listener's face while creating moral pressure to accommodate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an presumptuous request; a favor that imposes on someone
A set polite self-deprecating formula used right before asking someone for a serious or inconvenient favor.
please go ahead and speak
A polite, standard conversational prompt giving permission to the other party to state their point.
