| 单词 | apology |
| 释义 | apologyapology /əˈpɑlədʒi/ ●●● S3 noun (plural apologies) [countable] 1something that you say or write to show that you are sorry for doing something wrong: The newspaper was forced to make an apology.apology for The police chief issued an apology for the officer’s behavior. It wasn’t Angela’s fault, and I owe her an apology. The owner of the bus company wrote a letter of apology to the family of the victims.2literary a statement in which you defend something you believe in after it has been criticized by other people: The book is his apology for Christianity. [Origin: 1500–1600 Late Latin apologia written or spoken defense, from Greek, from apo- away from, off + logos speech]COLLOCATIONSverbsmake an apology I hope you are going to make an apology.offer an apology formal We would like to offer our sincere apologies for the delay.issue an apology (=make an official public apology) North Korea issued an official apology for the incident.get/receive an apology He received a formal apology from the company.accept somebody’s apology Please accept my apologies for having to cancel our meeting.demand an apology China continued to demand a full apology from the U.S.owe somebody an apology (=feel it is right to make an apology to someone) I owe you an apology – I’m sorry I didn’t believe you.mumble/mutter an apology (=say it quietly because you are embarrassed) He bumped into me and mumbled an apology.adjectivesmy sincere apologies formal (=used when you feel very sorry) Firstly, my sincere apologies for not having contacted you earlier.a public apology The authorities published a public apology in the newspaper.a formal apology Russia is demanding a formal apology from the U.S. and the U.K.an official apology The company has made an official apology and is offering to pay for the damage.a written apology The police sent a written apology to the family.a full apology (=an apology that shows someone means what they say) The Republican candidate made a full apology to his Democratic opponent.profuse apologies (=apologies that are repeated again and again because you feel very sorry) The manager of the restaurant brought our food with profuse apologies for the long wait.an abject apology (=one that shows that you are very sorry) The king’s servant cleaned up the broken dishes with abject apologies. |
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