商业英文书信中所使用的词语Words, Phrases & Clauses Used in Business Letters

　　(1)贵函

　　Your letter; Your favour; your esteemed letter; Your esteemed favour; Your valued letter; Your valued favour; Your note; Your communication; Your greatly esteemed letter; Your very friendly note; Your friendly advice; Yours.

　　(2)本信，本函

　　Our (my) letter; Our (my) respects; Ours (mine); This letter; these lines; The present.

　　(3)前函

　　The last letter; The last mail; The last post; the last communication; The last respects(自己的信); The last favour(来信)

　　(4)次函

　　The next letter; The next mail; The next communication; The letter following; the following.

　　(5)贵函发出日期

　　Your letter of (the) 5th May; Your favour dated (the) 5th June; Yours of the 3rd July; Yours under date (of) the 5th July; Your letter bearing date 5th July; Your favour of even date(AE); Your letter of yesterday; Your favour of yesterday's date; Your letter dated yesterday.

　　(6)贵方来电、电传及传真

　　Your telegram; Your wire; Your cablegram(从国外); Your coded wire(密码电报); Your code message; Your cipher telegram; Your wireless telegram; Your TELEX; Your Fax.

　　(7)贵方电话

　　Your telephone message; Your phone message; Your telephonic communication; Your telephone call; Your ring.

　　(8)通知

　　(Noun)

　　Advice; Notice; Information; Notification; Communication; A report; News; Intelligence; Message.

　　(Verb)(通知，告知)

　　To communicate (a fact) to; To report (a fact) to...on; To apprise (a person) of; To let (a person) know; To acquaint (a person) with; To intimate (a fact) to; To send word; to send a message; To mail a notice; to write (a person) information; To give notice(预告); To break a news to(通知坏消息); To announce(宣布).

　　(9)回信

　　(Noun)

　　An answer; A reply; A response.

　　(Verb)

　　To answer; To reply; To give a reply; To give one's answer; To make an answer; To send an answer; To write in reply; To answer one's letter.

　　(特此回信)

　　Reply to; Answering to; In answer to; In reply to; In response to.

　　(等候回信)

　　To await an answer; To wait for an answer.

　　(收到回信)

　　To get an answer; To favour one with an answer; To get a letter answered.

　　(10)收讫，收到

　　(Noun)

　　Receipt(收到); A receipt(收据); A receiver(领取人，取款人); A recipient(收款人)

　　(Verb)

　　To receive; To be in receipt of; To be to (at) hand; To come to hand; To be in possesion of; To be favoured with; To get; To have; To have before (a person); To make out a receipt(开出收据); To acknowledge receipt(告知收讫).

　　(11)确认

　　To confirm; Confirming; Confirmation; In Confirmation of(为确认...,为证实...); A letter of confirmation(确认函或确认书)

　　(12)高兴，愉快，欣慰

　　To have the pleasure to do; To have the pleasure of doing; To have pleasure to do; to have pleasure in (of) doing; To take (a) pleasure in doing (something); To take pleasure in doing (something); To be pleased to (with)(by); to be delighted at (in)(with); To be glad to (of)(about); To be rejoiced in (at).

　　(13)随函附件

　　Enclose; Inclose.

　　(14)迅速，立刻

　　Urgently; Promptly; Immediately; With all speed; At once; With dispatch; With all despatch; With the quickest possible despatch; With the least possible delay; As soon as possible; As quickly as possible; As promptly as possible; At one's earliest convenience; At the earliest possible moment; At an early date; Without delay; Without loss of time; Immediately on receipt of this letter; By express messenger; By Special messenger; By special delivery; By express letter.

　　(15)回信

　　By return; By return of post; By return of mail; By return of air-mail.

　　(16)依照

　　According to; Agreeably to; Conformably to; pursuant to; In accordance with; In conformity with (to); In obedience to; In deference to; In compliance with; In agreement with; In pursuance of.

　　(17)就...，关于

　　About; Regarding; Concerning; As to; As regards; With regard to; In regard to;(of); Respecting; Relative to; Anent; In connection with; Referring to; With reference to; In reference to; Re.

　　(18)期满到期及应付之款

　　To be due; To fall due (become) due(日期将到); Duly(正时，及时);In due Course (依照顺序).

　　(19)(每个，按照，通过)

　　Per(=by, through) rail.(post,mail,steamer)(通过铁路，邮政，轮船)

　　Per pro.= by proxy (由代理)

　　Per annum (=yearly，每年)

　　Per mensem (=monthly,每月)

　　Per diem [daiem] (=daily,每日)

　　Per man, per capital (=per head,依照人数，每一人)

　　Per piece (每一个，每一件)

　　(20)表示抱歉(冒昧做了某事)

　　To take the liberty of doing something; To take the liberty to do something; To take the liberty in doing something.

　　(21)甚感遗憾，请包涵

　　To regret; To be sorry; To be chagrined; To be mortified; To be vexed; To regret to say; To be sorry to say; To one's regret; To feel a great regret for; To express regret; To be regretted; To be a matter for regret; To be regrettable; To be deplorable.

　　(22)(我们)对于...甚感荣幸

　　To have the honour of doing (being); To have the honour to do (be); To do one (oneself) the honour of doing (being); To esteem (regard) it as a high honour to do (be); To appreciate the honour to do (be); To feel honoured to do (be); To owe one a debt of honour to do (be); To be honoured with doing (being) something; To honour one with doing (being) something.

　　(23)请

　　Please; Kindly; be good enough; Be kind enough; Have the kindness.

　　(24)感谢，衷心感谢等

　　To thank; To be (feel) thankful; To be (feel) grateful; To be obliged; To be indebted; To esteem (it) a favour (privilege); To give (tender, return) one's thanks; To express one's gratitude (appreciation); To tender one's sincere thanks for; To be overwhelmed with gratitude.

　　(25)请照顾等

　　(Noun)(请吩咐)

　　Command; Order; Service

　　(Verb)(服务)

　　To command; To order; To serve; To be at one's service; To render service to one; To do one a service; To be of service to one.