Name: ASAP、WFH 到底是什麼？五個英文常見縮略詞讓你寫電子郵件更有效率！（5 common English acronyms used in work emails）
Uploaded: 2023-05-02T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 3 min 24 s

Welcome back to another video from the Learn English with Cambridge channel.

歡迎回到 Learn English with Cambridge 頻道的另一部影片。

If you're not subscribed yet, click on the red button right now for many more videos to learn English.

如果你還沒有訂閱，現在就點擊紅色按鈕以獲得更多英語學習影片。

In today's video, we'll talk about acronyms.

在今天的影片中，我們會討論到 acronym（首字母縮略詞）。

An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word.

Acronym 是指由其它數個詞的首字母所組成、並可當作一個字來唸的的縮寫。

Such as NASA, which means National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

例如 NASA，亦即 National Aeronautics and Space Administration（美國國家航空暨太空總署）。

Acronyms are used to make communication go faster, but for it to work, people need to know what they mean.

Acronym 通常被用來讓溝通更快速，但如果要奏效，人們必須知道它們的意思。

They are very much used in text messages and, today, also in emails.

它們被非常大量用在簡訊中，今日也常出現在電子郵件裡。

And I'll teach you, here, in this video, five of them commonly used in business emails.

我今天將在這部影片中教各位五個商務信件中常用的 acronym。

Let's take a look at the email Christine received.

我們來看看 Christine 收到的電子郵件。

In the first line, Maggie says she needs the report ASAP.

Maggie 在第一行中說她需要那份報告，ASAP。

This abbreviation means "as soon as possible".

這個所寫的意思是 as soon as possible（越快越好，盡快）。

When you need something delivered quickly to you, you say, "I need it ASAP."

當你需要某個東西快速地送到你手中，你會說：「我需要它，ASAP。」

Then she says she wants the numbers from last semester by EOB, which stands for "end of business",

然後他說，他想要在 EOB 前拿到上一學期的數字，而 EOB 表示 end of business（營業結束），

which means "by the end of the day", "by the end of the business day".

就表示「在今天結束前」、「在工作日結束前」。

You can also see versions of this acronym like COB, "close of business", or even EOD, "end of day".

你也會看到這個 acronym 的其它形式，例如 COB（close of business，營業結束）或甚至 EOD（end of day，一天結束）。

She goes on in the email saying that she will be OOO, or triple O, which means "out of office".

她在郵件中繼續說她會 OOO（或唸作 triple O，三個 O），表示 out of office（不在辦公室）。

This means she won't be there in person next week because she will be WFH.

這意味著她下週不會親自出現在辦公室內，因為她將會 WFH。

And this is the acronym for "working from home", which probably has become a more common acronym in the past two years.

而這就是 working from home（在家工作）的 acronym，這大概在過去兩年變得更普遍。

She finishes the email by starting a phrase with LMK, which stands for "let me know", as in, "tell me if you have any questions".

她最後以一句由 LMK 開頭的片語作結，而 LMK 表示 let me know（讓我知道），也就是「如果你有任何問題，請告訴我」。

Now do you see how communication via email can be faster with acronyms?

現在你了解透過使用 acronym 可以怎麼讓透過電子郵件溝通變得更快了嗎？

Do you know any other acronyms commonly used in emails?

你還知道其它電子郵件中常用的 acronym 嗎？

If you enjoyed this video, please give it a big like and share it with your friends, students, or co-workers.

如果你喜歡這部影片，請幫它點讚並與朋友、學生或同事分享。

And I also have some other ones for you to try to guess.

我還有幾個要讓各位猜猜的詞。

Check out these acronyms appearing on the screen and tell me what they mean in the comments section.

看看螢幕上出現的這些 acronym，然後在留言區跟我說它們是什麼意思。