apology
noun /əˈpɒlədʒi/
/əˈpɑːlədʒi/
(plural apologies)
Idioms 道歉;谢罪 - to offer/make/demand/accept an apology
主动道歉;致歉;要求/接受道歉 - You owe him an apology for what you said.
你要为你所说的话向他道歉。 - We should like to offer our apologies for the delay to your flight today.
今天航班误点,敬请原谅。 - We received a letter of apology.
我们收到了一封道歉信。
- Please accept my sincere apologies.
请接受我诚挚的歉意。 - She rejected my apology, saying it was not enough.
她拒绝接受我的道歉,说光道歉还不够。 - John muttered an apology then went back to his book.
约翰嘟囔着道了声歉,又埋头看书了。 - I make no apologies for bringing this issue to your attention once again.
再次请你考虑这个问题我觉得没有错。 - If anyone has been offended, I extend my sincere apologies.
如果冒犯了大家,我表示诚挚的歉意。 - It was a mistake. My profuse apologies.
这是一个错误。我深表歉意。 - He backed out arrogantly and without apology.
他傲慢地退出了,没表示任何歉意。 - The newspaper has issued an apology to the minister.
该报已经向部长致歉。 - We expect a full written apology.
我们希望得到一份完整的书面道歉。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- abject
- humble
- profuse
- …
- convey
- give somebody
- issue
- …
- without apology
- apology for
- apology from
- …
- extend your apologies
- a letter of apology
- make no apology for
- …
- to offer/make/demand/accept an apology
- [countable, usually plural] information that you cannot go to a meeting or must leave early
(因不能赴会或提前离会的)致歉 - The meeting started with apologies (= the names of people who said they could not go to the meeting).
会议一开始就宣布了请假缺席者的名单。 - (formal) She made her apologies and left early.
她致歉后就提前离开了。
WordfinderTopics Working lifec2- agenda
- AGM
- apology
- brainstorming
- breakout
- the chair
- committee
- convene
- meeting
- the minutes
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- abject
- humble
- profuse
- …
- convey
- give somebody
- issue
- …
- without apology
- apology for
- apology from
- …
- extend your apologies
- a letter of apology
- make no apology for
- …
- The meeting started with apologies (= the names of people who said they could not go to the meeting).
词源mid 16th cent. (denoting a formal defence against an accusation): from French apologie, or via late Latin from Greek apologia ‘a speech in one's own defence’, from apo ‘away’+ -logia (see -ology).
Idioms
make no apology/apologies for something
- if you say that you make no apology/apologies for something, you mean that you do not feel that you have said or done anything wrong
(对某事)无可道歉,无错可认