Rather than stating, "I hate public speaking" or "I'm bad with computers," say: "What do you do to control your nerves when you speak in public?"

不要说“我讨厌在公众面前讲话”或“我一点儿也不会用计算机”，而是说“当你在公共场合发言时，你怎么控制你的紧张情绪呢？”

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I hate it when a comedian says, “Sorry for what I said. ” You shouldn't say it if you didn't mean it and you should never regret anything you meant to do.

我讨厌听到喜剧演员说“抱歉刚说了那些话”既然你不是那个意思就不要说出来，要是你就是那个意思就不要后悔说出来。

youdao

I hate to say it, but learning SQL may mean that you get to keep your job when Ted in the next cube gets canned during layoff season.

我讨厌这样说，但学习SQL可能意味着当旁边隔间的Ted在裁员季被解雇时你能保住你的工作。

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