appreciate 用法

在商業email或者商業英語中最常犯錯的單詞，竟然是【appreciate】。

 

【X】We appreciate you for giving us an opportunity to introduce our new products.

【X】We would appreciate if you should pay immediately.

【X】I will appreciate an interview with you.

Appreciate 用法:

1. appreciate （中譯:欣賞、感謝），但對象必須接著【事物】而非人。如果用thank,   接著的必須是【人】。

例:

【O】I really appreciate your amiability 親切感(事).

【X】I would appreciate you（人）for your amiability.

應改為: I would thank you for your amiability.

相反:

【X】I thank your kindness（物）.應改為:

【O】I thank you for your kindness.

2. appreciate 在v.t. ｛及物動詞｝情況下譯作【欣賞、感謝】;在v.i. ｛不及物動詞｝情況下譯作【升值】

所以如appreciate 【欣賞】 後跟著一個adverb clause, appreciate 後要加一個it （來滿足v.t【及物】要求）。

例: 

【X】We would appreciate if you offer help. 應改為:

【O】We would appreciate it if you offer help.

3. 不應為未接受的恩惠作出appreciate 感激。

希望將來得著恩惠的更正確phrasal verb 應是look forward to

【X】I am appreciating an interview with you. 應改成:

【O】I am looking forward to having an interview with you.

所以，回頭看看開始首三句怎麼改:

【O】We would thank you for giving us an opportunity to introduce our new products.

【O】We would appreciate it if you should pay immediately.

【O】I am looking forward to having an interview with you.

4. appreciate 後一般跟動名詞（Ving）

例: 

We appreciate being given an opportunity to …

Every traveler would appreciate having this luggage tag identification arrangement.

I appreciate being invited to have a speech …