apologizing

英 [əˈpɒlədʒaɪzɪŋ]

美 [əˈpɑːlədʒaɪzɪŋ]

v.  道歉; 谢罪
apologize的现在分词

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 apologise


• VERB 道歉；认错
  When youapologize tosomeone, you say that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them. You can say 'I apologize' as a formal way of saying sorry.
  1. Two years ago, Congress formally apologized for the internment...
     两年前，国会就此拘留事件正式道歉。
  2. I apologize for being late...
     我为自己的迟到致歉。
  3. Costello later apologized, saying he'd been annoyed by the man...
     科斯特洛后来表示了歉意，说他是被那人惹怒的。
  4. He apologized to the people who had been affected.
     他向受到影响的人赔了不是。

双语例句

• By not apologizing, at the very least he is staying true to himself.
  选择不道歉，至少他还保持了一个真实的他自己。
• Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing.
  作为人来说，我们有必要了解道歉的艺术。
• Men rarely say "I'm sorry" because on Mars it means you have done something wrong and you are apologizing.
  男人很少说“对不起”，是因为在火星上说对不起就表示你做错事和道歉。
• Though I still had no idea what I said had hurt you, I know there must be some that made you sick today. Therefore, I am apologizing to you sincerely now!
  虽然我不知道我究竟说了什么伤害你了，但是我知道我今天和你说的话中肯定有让你难受的成分，所以我很真诚地和你道歉！
• He has told several interviewers that he has no intention of apologizing for his comments.
  他已和几名采访他的人说过他不打算为他的评论道歉。
• Find out what the offense was before apologizing, or risk making things worse by coming off as patronizing.
  找出自己究竟是什么地方冒犯了对方，不要盲目地道歉或者去以恩人的姿态自居。
• Apologizing to me isn't gonna change what happened.
  向我道歉无法改变已经发生了事。
• He ended up apologizing to us.
  他最终向我们道歉了。
• This weekend, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford wrote an editorial apologizing for his behavior.
  这个周末，南卡罗来纳州州长马克·桑福德为他的行为写了一个社论式的道歉。
• You insulted him instead of apologizing.
  也是你在该道歉的时候羞辱了他。