每日英語 #121: How to Politely Refuse More Food

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How to Politely Refuse More Food

You are a guest at dinner with friends or “colleagues” (people you work with), and you are offered more food. You’re “full” (not hungry). How do you “refuse” (say ‘no’) politely?

你是朋友或同事的晚餐客人，當你被提供更多食物時，你已經吃飽了。那麼，你該如何禮貌地拒絕呢？

If your “host” (the person who organized the event) cooked the meal, it is considered polite to “compliment” or say something nice about the food before refusing more. There are many ways to give a compliment about food. Here are a few:

如果你的主人（組織這次活動的人）準備了這頓飯，拒絕之前先讚美食物被認為是禮貌的。以下是一些讚美食物的方式：

• “That was delicious.”
  「這真的很好吃。」
• “That’s the best meal I’ve had in a long time.”
  「這是我很久以來吃過的最好的一餐。」
• “Your cooking is such a ‘treat’ (something that gives people a lot of pleasure, but that isn’t experienced often).”
  「你的料理真的是一種享受。」
• “You’ve outdone yourself.” (This means, “You have cooked a meal that is even better than the delicious meals you normally make.” “To outdo (oneself)” means to do or perform better than you have ever done before. You can use this compliment for many other situations.)
  「你超越了自己。」（這意味著「你做的這頓飯比你平常做的美食還要好」。“Outdo oneself” 指的是比過去表現得更好。你可以在許多場合使用這個讚美。）

To refuse more food, you can use one of these phrases:

拒絕更多食物時，你可以使用以下這些句子：

• “No, thank you. I couldn’t eat another bite.”
  「不，謝謝。我已經吃不下了。」
• “Thank you, but no more for me.”
  「謝謝，但我不需要再多了。」
• “That was very good, but I’m full.”
  「這真的很好吃，但我已經飽了。」
• “I’m ‘stuffed’ (very full) and I can’t eat anymore.”
  「我吃撐了，真的吃不下了。」
• “No, thank you. I don’t have ‘room’ (space) for more.”
  「不，謝謝。我已經沒有空間再吃更多了。」

重要單字

• 1. Refuse (拒絕) [rɪˈfjuz]
• 2. Full (飽的) [fʊl]
• 3. Host (主人) [hoʊst]
• 4. Compliment (讚美) [ˈkɑmpləmənt]
• 5. Treat (享受) [trit]
• 6. Outdo (超越) [aʊtˈdu]
• 7. Bite (一口) [baɪt]
• 8. Stuffed (吃撐的) [stʌft]
• 9. Room (空間) [rum]