Opening

• I hope that your week is off to a great start.
• Hope you had a great weekend.
• Hope your’re well/Hope you are doing well.
• I hope this message finds you well.
• Pertain to…
• As communicated earlier…
• I’m writing to inquire about…
• Further to out conversation earlier
• As checked with..

Ask for Help

• At your convenience, would you please send me…..
• Would you please do..
• Should you be so kind as to do..
• Please could you tell me if ..
• I would like to know..
• I would be grateful/thankful if you could…
• I would appreciate knowing xxx
• I would appreciate information about….
• I would appreciate your help.

Answer questions

• Hope this answers your questions. Let me know if further detail/explanation would be helpful.

Ask for advice

• Our team would appreciated your insight/input on…
• Please let me know your thought on this
• Please give your comments if any.
• Due to the short time frame for this proposal, prompt reply is greatly appreciated

Cancel meeting

• I want to be mindful of your time and we don’t have any updates at this point; therefore I suggest that we cancel/rechedule today’s meeting. If you disagree or need assistance, please let us know.
• My appologies for the late notice, but I need to rechedule tomorrow’s call. There remain a few open items we need to address, therefore I will send out a new invite once we agree upon a time.

Apologies

• My sincere apology for this unfortunate situation. I will address to my team immediately. Again, please accept my most sincere apology.

Draft file

Attached is the draft xx file. It’s still a work in process but I would like to see if anything immediate stood out to you as odd or worthy of follow-up.

Meeting summary

• Thank you for making time on a very busy Friday afternoon to join our discussion. I hope we were able to provide clariry on… Attached is a summary of what we discussed today.

Thank you

• Thank you for your assistance
• Thank you for your kind support
• Please let me know should you have any further questions
• Your prompt response on this will be highly appreciated.
• Thank you for your precious time
• Thanks for your prompt reply
• Thanks for your kindly feedback
• Many thanks for your support
• Please kindly share us a feedback by today
• A prompt reply would help us greatly
• Should you have any questions, please let me know.
• If you have any questions, please feel free to reach me out.

保持联络

• I will keep you posted
• I will keep you in loop
• I will keep you updated

附件

• Attached please find the most up-to-date information on/regarding/concerning

称谓

• To whom it may concern,
• Dear Dir or Madam,

Auto reply

• Thank you for your email. I will be out of office on vacation from XXX-XXX with no access to emails. I apologize for any delay in response to your email. I will respond to your email as quickly as I can when I return to the office on Monday, April 18th. Thanks.
• Thank you for your email. I am out of the office in meetings on XXX and XXX with limited access to email. If you need immediate assistance,, please contact me via my mobile phone. Thank you.

suggest a call

• Once these final steps are finished, I would suggest having a brief call to discuss our findings and recommendations for next steps. Would you please provide a few times the week of XXX that work within your schedule and I will send the calendar invite?

工作内容

• Sorry for any inconvenience caused
• Please find below my replies to your questions, marked in RED
• I will check with our financial/marketing/sales team.
• My reply/comment/draft is subject to the review by our finacial/marketing/sales team.
• I will revisit/come back to this issue when…
• Just to clarify/ Just for the sake of clarity..
• Just to make sure we are on the same page

工作时间问题

• We would appreciate it if you could send us the bussiness proposal at your ealier convenience.
• Could you kindly send us the bussiness proposal as soon as possible
• We would appreciate it if you could…as soon as possible
• We will do this the first thing/ on the top priority tomorrow morning.
• I will be generally available next week.
• Please drop me a call or email when you have time.
• Your early response is much/highly appreciated. (催促别人尽快回信的礼貌说法)

起承转合

• Thank you for your email.
• Further to/ Following my email yesterday
• Could you kindly let us know…
• Sorry for my late reply.
• On a seperate note/ On a different note… (有时候你跟对方发邮件说一件事情，末了想起另一件不想干的事)

休假篇

• I will be on vacation/ I will be on annual leave/ I will be travelling next week.

免责声明

• Due to time constraints/time limit
• Based on the level of information as of today
• According to the oral information of XXX

询问进展

• Do you have any updates on..
• Have you got any response from..

简短回复

给人做事

• Will do.
• On it now!
• Will send over a draft by the end of the day
• I’m having trouble accesing XYZ’s site. Might have to get back to you tomorrow. Is that okay?
• I have a lab report and a problem set due on the same day. Could I have an extensition till wednesday?
• I’m working on a memo ABC needs for his mtg this pm. Should I talk to ABC?
• I’m not feeling well today and will take the afternoon off. Please let me know if you need me tomorrow.

负责项目

• Received with thanks.
• How’s your XYZ going?
• Wanted to clarify something with you. Could you call after 3?
• Shoot me an email when you are free.
• I’m on the road this week. Will get back to you next Monday
• Cc’ing our colleague in HK who will help you on this matter.

Other

• to 代替 in order to
• regarding 代替 about
• before 代替 prior to
• 快速回复用prompt reply
• by 代替no later than
• since 代替 due to the fact that
• 用另一封邮件：by my separate email

Reference

知乎：哪些神句拯救了你的英文邮件