客氣提出請求
把感謝提前說出來當作請求的外衣：我還沒開口拜託，就先講「如果你能這樣做，我會很感激」，語氣因此變得客氣而不強迫。
formal polite request · adjective · B1
Used in a polite, formal way to ask someone to do something, especially in the phrase 'I would be grateful if you could ...'.
（正式請求）拜託、麻煩
核心畫面
One way to picture grateful: someone did something kind, and now you are holding the wish to thank them. The feeling always points back at a person and at what they did — which is why English says grateful to somebody for something.
可以想成 grateful 是「有人對你好，你心裡那份想道謝的感覺還捧著」。這份感覺永遠指向某個人和他做的某件事——…更多收起
可以想成 grateful 是「有人對你好，你心裡那份想道謝的感覺還捧著」。這份感覺永遠指向某個人和他做的某件事——所以英文的句型是 grateful to somebody for something，一個接人、一個接事。From the picture
Also in this word
feeling thankful · adjective · B1
Feeling that you want to thank someone because they have done something kind for you, or showing this feeling.
感激 / 感謝
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
gratefuladj/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/
- 1
Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
- I’m grateful that you helped me out.
- I cannot giue thee leſſe to be cal'd gratefull: / Thou thoughtſt to helpe me, and ſuch thankes I giue, / As one neere death to thoſe that vviſh him liue: […]
- 2
archaicOf a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome.
- [T]his is a guift / Very gratefull, I am ſure of it, to expreſſe / The like kindneſſe my ſelfe, that haue beene / More kindely beholding to you then any: […]
- Chaſt, nothing better; vvanton, nothing vvorſe, / The grate-fulſt Bleſsing, or the greateſt Curſe.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。