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

• They insisted on him [ his] apologizing.
  他们坚决要求他道歉。
• That you've been apologizing to me a lot lately?
  你一直在给我道歉吗？
• I think you should be apologizing to the American people.
  我觉得你应该向美国人民道歉。
• I should be apologizing to you.
  其实是我该向你道歉。
• Although you don't like I apologizing, I have to say sorry.
  尽管你不喜欢我说对不起，但是我还是得向你道歉。
• 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。
• She was the type who would wake up in the morning and immediately start apologizing.
  她是那类早上醒来会立刻开始道歉的人。
• "God, I hope there aren't any more," he said, while apologizing anew for the problems.
  “天啊，我希望不会在发生了。”说着，他又做了道歉。
• 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！
• 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。