As per my previous email
Formal Depends on context
What it really means
A famous phrase of polite office anger. It means "I already told you this — please read my email". Receiving it suggests the sender is running out of patience.
Chinese explanation
职场邮件里著名的"客气式怒气"，意思是"我早就说过了，请去看我的邮件"。收到这句话，说明对方的耐心快用完了。
Example conversation
A: What time is the client call?
B: As per my previous email, it's at three.
A: …Right. Sorry, found it.
A：客户电话是几点来着？
B：如我上封邮件所说，是三点。
A：……好吧。抱歉，我找到了。
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