apologetic
apologetic 英 [əˌpɒləˈdʒetɪk] 美 [əˌpɑləˈdʒetɪk]
adj. 道歉的；赔罪的
名词复数:apologetics
- If you're apologetic, you're very sorry about something. You might offer an apologetic smile at another driver if you accidentally honk at her.
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- adj. 道歉的；赔罪的
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1. ‘Sorry,’ she said, with an apologetic smile.
“对不起。”她说，歉然一笑。
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2. They were very apologetic about the trouble they'd caused.
他们对所惹的麻烦深感愧疚。
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3. ‘I'm sorry I'm late,’ he murmured apologetically.
“对不起，我迟到了。”他小声道歉说。
- apologetic (adj.) 1640s, "vindicatory, containing a defense," from French apologétique, from Latin apologeticus, from Greek apologetikos "defensible," from apologeisthai "speak in one's defense," from apologos "an account, story," from apo "away from, off" (see apo-) + logos "speech," from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather," with derivatives meaning "to speak (to 'pick out words')." Meaning "regretfully acknowledging failure" is from 1855.
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