Meetings

Before the Meeting (会议前)

Scheduling (约会议)

• "Could we set up a quick call to discuss X?" — 能约个简短的会聊一下 X 吗？
• "Are you free for a 30-minute sync tomorrow?" — 你明天有 30 分钟时间同步一下吗？
• "What time works best for you?" — 你什么时间方便？
• "Does Wednesday at 2pm work?" — 周三下午 2 点可以吗？
• "Let me check my calendar and get back to you." — 我看一下日历再回复你。

Sending an Agenda (发送议程)

• "Here's the agenda for tomorrow's meeting." — 这是明天会议的议程。
• "Please come prepared with your updates." — 请准备好你的进展再来。
• "Feel free to add items to the agenda." — 欢迎把你的议题加到议程上。

Joining a Meeting (加入会议)

Online Meeting Issues (远程会议常见问题)

• "Can you hear me?" — 你能听到我吗？
• "Can everyone see my screen?" — 大家都能看到我的屏幕吗？
• "You're on mute." — 你静音了。
• "Sorry, I was on mute." — 抱歉，我刚才静音了。
• "You're cutting out." — 你的声音断断续续。
• "There's some background noise." — 有点背景噪音。
• "Could you turn on your camera?" — 能开一下摄像头吗?
• "Sorry, I'm joining late." — 抱歉迟到了。
• "My connection is unstable, I might drop off." — 我网络不稳定，可能会掉线。

Late or Apologizing (迟到或道歉)

• "Apologies for the delay, the previous meeting ran over." — 抱歉来晚了，上一个会延时了。
• "Sorry I'm late, what did I miss?" — 抱歉迟到，我错过了什么？

Opening the Meeting (开场)

• "Thanks everyone for joining." — 感谢各位参加。
• "Let's get started." — 我们开始吧。
• "Before we dive in, let's do a quick round of intros." — 在开始之前，我们先简单做个自我介绍。
• "The goal of today's meeting is..." — 今天会议的目标是……
• "We have about 30 minutes, so let's keep it focused." — 我们大概有 30 分钟，所以保持聚焦。
• "Here's what I'd like to cover today." — 今天我想讨论的内容如下。

During the Discussion (讨论中)

Giving Your Opinion (表达观点)

• "I think we should..." — 我觉得我们应该……
• "In my opinion..." — 在我看来……
• "From my perspective..." — 从我的角度看……
• "My take is that..." — 我的看法是…… (take = 看法，常用)
• "I'd lean toward option A." — 我倾向于选 A 方案。

Asking for Opinions (征求意见)

• "What do you think?" — 你觉得呢？
• "How do you feel about this?" — 你对此感觉如何？
• "Any thoughts?" — 大家有什么想法？
• "I'd love to hear your perspective." — 我想听听你的看法。
• "Does anyone have concerns?" — 有人有顾虑吗？
• "What am I missing?" — 我有没有遗漏什么？(谦虚的征求意见)

Clarifying (澄清)

• "Just to make sure I understand..." — 为了确认我理解对了……
• "Could you elaborate on that?" — 能详细说一下吗？
• "What do you mean by X?" — 你说的 X 是什么意思？
• "Could you give me an example?" — 能举个例子吗？
• "Sorry, could you say that again?" — 抱歉，能再说一遍吗？
• "Let me make sure I'm tracking..." — 让我确认一下我跟上了…… (tracking = 跟上思路)

Agreeing (同意)

• "That makes sense." — 有道理 / 说得通。(最常用)
• "I agree." — 我同意。
• "Exactly." — 没错。
• "Good point." — 说得好。
• "You're absolutely right." — 你说得完全正确。
• "+1" — 同意。(从 Slack 来的，口头也常用)

Disagreeing Politely (礼貌地不同意)

• "I see it a bit differently." — 我的看法有点不同。
• "I'm not sure I agree with that." — 我不太同意这个观点。
• "That's a fair point, but..." — 这个观点有道理，但是……
• "I hear you, but I have some concerns." — 我理解你的意思，但我有些顾虑。
• "Have we considered X?" — 我们考虑过 X 吗？(委婉提出反对)

(详细的反对意见表达请见 Disagreement 章节)

Interrupting Politely (礼貌地打断)

• "Sorry to jump in, but..." — 抱歉打断一下…… (jump in = 插话)
• "Can I add something here?" — 我能补充一点吗？
• "Quick question..." — 快速问一下……
• "Before we move on..." — 在我们继续之前……

Steering the Conversation (引导话题)

• "Let's circle back to that." — 这个我们回头再讨论。(circle back = 回到 / 再聊)
• "That's a great topic for another time." — 这个话题适合下次单独聊。
• "Let's park that for now." — 这个先放一放。(park = 暂停)
• "Can we take this offline?" — 我们能会下再聊吗？(offline = 会后单独)
• "I think we're going down a rabbit hole." — 我们好像跑题太深了。(rabbit hole = 兔子洞，比喻陷入细节)

Wrapping Up (收尾)

Summarizing (总结)

• "Let me summarize what we've decided." — 我总结一下我们刚才决定的事项。
• "To recap..." — 回顾一下……
• "Here are the action items." — 这是 action items（行动项）。
• "Who's taking the lead on X?" — 谁来负责 X？

Action Items and Owners (行动项和负责人)

• "Alice, can you own the API design?" — Alice，你能负责 API 设计吗？(own = 负责)
• "I'll take the doc updates." — 我来负责更新文档。
• "Let's set a deadline of Friday." — 我们把截止时间定在周五。
• "I'll send out a follow-up email with the action items." — 我会发一封跟进邮件列出行动项。

Closing (结束会议)

• "Anything else before we wrap up?" — 在结束之前还有别的事吗？
• "Thanks everyone, this was productive." — 谢谢大家，这次会议很有收获。
• "Let's leave it there." — 就到这里吧。
• "I'll let you all have your time back." — 我把时间还给大家。(常用于提前结束)
• "Talk to you all next week." — 大家下周见。

Common Meeting Vocabulary (会议常用词)

Sample Phrases for Tough Moments (困难时刻的常用表达)

When you don't understand (没听懂)

• "Sorry, I didn't quite catch that." — 抱歉，我没听清。
• "Could you slow down a bit?" — 能稍微慢一点吗？
• "I'm not sure I followed — could you walk me through it again?" — 我没太跟上，能再讲一遍吗？

When you need time to think (需要思考时间)

• "Let me think about that for a second." — 让我想一下。
• "That's a good question — I want to give it some thought." — 这是个好问题，我想再想想。
• "Can I get back to you on that?" — 这个我可以稍后回复你吗？

When you don't know (不知道答案)

• "Honestly, I'm not sure." — 老实说，我不确定。
• "Let me check and get back to you." — 我查一下再回复你。
• "I don't know off the top of my head." — 我现在记不起来。(off the top of my head = 凭印象)