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。
• He atoned by apologizing
  他道歉赔罪。
• I tried tears. I tried apologizing to you.
  我哭过，也道歉过。
• So naturally I approached her and introduced myself while apologizing again.
  所以很自然地，我就上前去接近她，还有介绍我自己并且再次道歉。
• 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 find yourself regularly apologizing to clients or having your boss do it for you.
  你发现自己经常跟客户道歉，或老板经常替你道歉。
• I should be apologizing to you.
  其实是我该向你道歉。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's too late to salve your conscience by apologizing.
  现在想凭藉道歉获得良心上的安慰已经太晚了。