apologize
verb /əˈpɒlədʒaɪz/
/əˈpɑːlədʒaɪz/
(British English also apologise)
[intransitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they apologize | /əˈpɒlədʒaɪz/ /əˈpɑːlədʒaɪz/ |
he / she / it apologizes | /əˈpɒlədʒaɪzɪz/ /əˈpɑːlədʒaɪzɪz/ |
past simple apologized | /əˈpɒlədʒaɪzd/ /əˈpɑːlədʒaɪzd/ |
past participle apologized | /əˈpɒlədʒaɪzd/ /əˈpɑːlədʒaɪzd/ |
-ing form apologizing | /əˈpɒlədʒaɪzɪŋ/ /əˈpɑːlədʒaɪzɪŋ/ |
- to say that you are sorry for doing something wrong or causing a problem
道歉;谢罪 - Why should I apologize?
我为什么要道歉? - apologize to somebody Go and apologize to her.
去给她赔不是。 - He wanted to publicly apologize to his victims.
他想公开向受害者道歉。 - I want to apologize publicly on his behalf to those who have suffered.
我想代表他向那些受苦的人公开道歉。 - He apologized profusely to his family and staff.
他向家人和工作人员多次道歉。 - apologize for something I sincerely apologize for the enormous delay in delivery.
我真诚地为交货的巨大延误道歉。 - We apologize for the late departure of this flight.
本航班起飞延误,谨致歉意。 - I think Mr Peters should withdraw and apologize for his remark.
我认为彼得斯先生应该退出,并为他的话道歉。 - I apologize unreservedly for any offending remarks I made.
我为我说的任何冒犯的话毫无保留地道歉。 - apologize to somebody for something We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience caused.
我们为造成的不便向客户道歉。
Wordfinder- amends
- apologize
- ashamed
- embarrassed
- forgive
- regret
- remorse
- repent
- sorry
- sympathy
- I'd like to apologize in advance for any spelling errors.
我想为任何拼写错误提前道歉。 - He apologized to his colleagues.
他向同事道歉。 - I do apologize most humbly.
我的确是非常谦恭地道歉。 - I must apologize for cancelling our meeting at such short notice.
临时取消我们的会面,我非常抱歉。 - I must apologize for not letting you know sooner.
没有早些让你知道,我得道歉。 - I would like to apologize most sincerely for any embarrassment caused.
我愿意对造成的所有难堪表示最诚挚的歉意。 - She apologized for being late.
她因为自己迟到表示道歉。 - The president of the company apologized personally for the tragic accident.
该公司的董事长亲自为这起悲惨事故道歉。 - I apologize if I've interrupted your work.
如果我打断了你的工作,我向你道歉。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- sincerely
- profusely
- humbly
- …
- ought to
- should
- want to
- …
- for
- to
- I do apologize
- I must apologize
词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make a defensive argument’): from Greek apologizesthai ‘give an account’, from apologos ‘story’. In English the verb has always been used as if it were a direct derivative of apology. - Why should I apologize?
Express Yourself ApologizingApologizing道歉 When you have caused a problem for somebody, they are less likely to be very angry if you can make a polite apology:给别人造成麻烦时礼貌地道歉,对方会比较不那么生气: 回应:
- I'm so/terribly/very sorry I'm late.
非常抱歉,我迟到了。
- I'm so/terribly/very sorry I'm late.
- I do apologize. I'll get you another cup.
很抱歉,我再给您拿一杯。
- I do apologize. I'll get you another cup.
- I must apologize for keeping you waiting.
很抱歉让您久等了。
- I must apologize for keeping you waiting.
- We would like to apologize on behalf of the management.
我们谨代表管理层致歉。
- We would like to apologize on behalf of the management.
- We would like to offer/Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.
给您带来了不便,我们谨表歉意/请接受我们的歉意。
- We would like to offer/Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.
- That's all right/OK.
没关系。
- That's all right/OK.
- No problem.
不打紧。
- No problem.
- Don't worry about it.
别放在心上。
- Don't worry about it.
- It's fine, really.
没事儿,真的。
- It's fine, really.