敬請幫忙

source 1: 古大師的答案有點模稜兩可

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問：香港常見 Please kindly help to...（敬請幫忙……）這說法，但有人說正式英文不會用 kindly一字說「請」，對嗎？

答： Kindly作副詞（ adverb），除了解作「和譪地」或「仁厚地」，也可解作「請」。第二版《朗文當代高級英文辭典》就有以下例句： Kindly put it back（請把它放回原處）。由於 please、 kindly都有「請」的意思，兩字不宜並用。

但 kindly語氣上和 please不同。英語學者 John Bremner在 Words on Words書中指出："Kindly" is stronger and more formal than"please" and tends to connote the idea of"Do this- or else"（ Kindly語氣較 please強，也較為正式，常帶「你必須這樣做，否則──」含義）。比如說，你在工作，遭人不斷在旁騷擾，不勝其煩，就可以說： Kindly remove yourself from my presence（請你不要再在我跟前）。這一句的 kindly，帶點諷刺、命令口吻。

正因 kindly和 please語氣不同，要表示客氣的「請」，宜用 please來說，例如： Would/ Could you please post this letter for me?/ Please post this letter for me（請代我把這封信寄出好嗎）。

留意 kindly也可作形容詞，是少數以 ly結尾的形容詞之一，例如： A kindly neighbour took care of him when he was sick（他生病時，獲一位善心的鄰人照顧）。—古德明

source 2: English Language Forum認為兩字的功能不同

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1632/is-the-phrase-please-kindly-redundant

Strictly speaking, "please" and "kindly" do serve separate purposes. I can demand that you kindly do a certain task:

Kindly apologize to your mother

The intent is to dictate how you should apologize. Prepending "please" is me politely asking you to do something:

Please apologize to your mother

Combining them signifies that I am being polite and you should be polite:

Please kindly apologize to your mother

In the context of office chatter, I would interpret the original intent of the phrase to mean, "I am asking nicely; don't give me attitude." As it is now bordering on a cliché, I highly doubt anyone is putting much thought into the phrase or its meaning and they are simply being polite.

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answered Apr 4 '11 at 19:07