| 词汇 | apology |
| 释义 | apology noun uk/əˈpɒl.ə.dʒi/ us/əˈpɑː.lə.dʒi/ (SAYING SORRY) B1 [ C or U ]道歉;认错;谢罪 an act of saying that you are sorry for something wrong you have done I have an apology to make to you - I'm afraid I opened your letter by mistake. 我得向你道歉，我误拆了你的信。 He's demanding a full apology from the newspaper for making untrue allegations about his personal life. 他要求这家报纸对关于他私生活的不实报道正式道歉。 "Was he at all sorry for what he'd done?" "Oh he was full of apologies (= extremely sorry)." “他到底有没有对他的所作所为感到内疚？”“哦，他深感内疚。” She complained to the company and they sent her a written apology. 她向这家公司提出投诉，公司对她作出了书面道歉。 I owe you an apology - I'm afraid I forgot to send that report. 我得向你道歉——我忘了发出那份报告了。 a letter of apology 致歉信
(MESSAGE) (your) apologies B1 [ plural ] formal （因不能出席会议或聚会的）致歉信 a message politely telling someone that you cannot be present at their meeting or party The vice chair has sent his apologies - he's abroad at present. 副主席发来了致歉信——他现在国外，不能出席。 Apologies were received from Phil Baker and Mark Johnson. 菲尔•贝克和马克•约翰逊发来致歉信告知他们不能出席。 Before we start the meeting, do we have any apologies? I'm afraid I'm going to have to give my apologies for the meeting tomorrow night. I've had apologies from Amy Smith and Rod Hepburn. (EXPLANATION) [ C ] formal（尤指对不受欢迎的政治信仰或制度的）辩护，辩解 a formal explanation or defence of a belief or system, especially one that is unpopular Idioms be an apology for somethingidiom UK informal 是极其拙劣的…，是坏得不能再坏的… to be an extremely bad example of something You're not coming out because you're tired? That's an apology for an excuse! 你不出门是因为你累了？这个借口也太没水平了！ make no apologiesidiom （对某事）无需道歉，无错可认 to believe that what you have done is right or acceptable The network makes no apologies for broadcasting the controversial film. 对播出颇有争议的电影，电视网认为无须道歉。 |
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