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。
• 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。
• I think you should be apologizing to the American people.
  我觉得你应该向美国人民道歉。
• Stop apologizing and tell Mike He makes you mad.
  别道歉了，告诉麦克他让你生气。
• John Humphries: Shouldn't you be apologizing to those people?
  你难道不应该向那些人道歉吗？
• 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。
• Apologizing to me isn't gonna change what happened.
  向我道歉无法改变已经发生了事。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。