· 「請假」用英語該怎麼說?
1. ask for leave
leave作動詞時,表示「離開;留下」,在作名詞時,它有「休假」的意思。所以ask for leave就是「請求休假」。
eg. I get some family issues that I need to ask for leave tomorrow.
我家裡有些事,明天想請個假。
如果你不止請一天假的話,你可以用ask for +數字+days leave,比如說請三天假就是ask for three days leave。
eg. My grandma is ill in hospital, so I want to ask for three days leave to take care of her.
我奶奶生病住院了,所以我想請三天假去照顧她。
2. take off
take off這個詞組,除了有「起飛」「脫下」「離開」的意思,它也可以用於請假。
eg. I need to take off tomorrow because I have to see a dentist.
我明天需要請假,因為我要去看牙醫。
3. take day off
day off,可以指休息日、放假日。所以take day off就可以指請假。
eg. I'm not feeling well and I want to take a day off.
我感覺不舒服,想請一天假。
請幾天假就可以用take+數字+days off,比如說請兩天假就是take two days off。
eg. I want to take two days off.
我想請兩天假。
4. call in sick
sick指「生病」,所以call in sick就是打電話請病假。
eg. She had a headache today, so she called in sick to her boss.
她今天頭疼,所以打電話給老闆請了病假。
5. pull a sickie
sickie可以指「一天的病假」,而pull a sickie則是指「裝病請假」。比如說今天你朋友約你出去玩,而今天是工作日,這時你就可以「裝病請假」了。
哈哈,不管你有沒有過裝病請假的經歷,反正我是這麼幹過滴~
eg. Mary pulled a sickie to go hiking with her friends.
瑪麗裝病請假去跟朋友遠足了。
· 各類「假期」的英文表達
1. 年假
annual leave/ annual vacation
eg. I plan to travel abroad for my annual leave this year.
今年年假我計劃出國旅遊。
2. 事假
personal leave/casual leave
eg. I』d like to ask for three days personal leave.
我想請三天事假。
3. 病假
sick leave
eg. My friend asked for two days sick leave because she had a fever.
我的朋友請了兩天病假,因為她發燒了。
4. 婚假
marriage leave/marital leave
eg. How many days do you have for your marital leave?
你婚假有多少天啊?
5. 產假
maternity leave
eg. My sister is on maternity leave.
我的姐姐正在休產假。
6. 陪產假
paternity leave
陪產假,英文釋義是:time that the father of a new baby is allowed to have away from work,就是指父親照顧新生兒的休假。
eg. After the baby is born, fathers can have a month's paternity leave.
孩子出生後,父親可以有一個月的陪產假。