He seems less interested in actually praying for divine assistance than he is in chiding the muse for not having come to his aid sooner.

他好像不是在真正请求神的帮助,而是在责备缪斯没有尽快来帮助他。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

So use the "would you please" pattern if you're asking for something in perhaps a potentially abrasive situation.

所以，当你在可能伤人感情的情况下请求别人做某事时，你可以使用“would you please”句型。

Would you please 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He says in The Bridge, he asks the bridge to lend a myth to God, and he suggests that this is something that every age must do because our names for God are always metaphors, poems, something imagined, acts of speech.

他在《桥》中写道，他请求大桥借与上帝一个神话，他暗示到有些事情是每个年纪的人都必须做的,因为我们给予上帝的名总是一些隐喻啊诗歌啊，一些想象的事物，对言辞的表演。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

And the sun has to trundle across the sky, and they're pretty unhappy about this and they want relief from working And laboring at their assigned stations and so Marduk accedes to this demand.

太阳则必须滚过天际，他们对此不快，他们也想在工作之余休息,在他们自己的居所里活动,于是，Marduk同意了这个请求。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Let me“ is a good pattern to use in a sentence when you're asking for permission.

当你在请求允许时，“Let me”句型是一个非常有用的句型。

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