| 单词 | apology |
| 释义 | apology (once / 173 pages) 1n 2n 3n An apology is what you say or do when you want to let someone know (or fool them into thinking) that you regret something. An apology is nice, but chocolates or large bundles of cash are nicer. Always. The noun apology has its roots in the Greek apologos, meaning a story. It entered the English language in the Middle Ages. If you broke your friend’s sword and then made up an elaborate story to get out of trouble, that was an apology. After a few decades, the general sense of the word shifted to its current meaning — what you say when you want to express real remorse. WORD FAMILYapology: apologetic, apologies, apologise, apologist, apologize+/apologetic: apologetically, unapologetic/apologise: apologised, apologises, apologising/apologist: apologists/apologize: apologized, apologizes, apologizing/unapologetic: unapologetically USAGE EXAMPLESHowever, it later reversed its decision and issued an apology, saying the company recognized “the history and global importance of this image”. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) But Taiwanese are starting to understand the impacts of displaying Nazi symbols, Yarden says, pointing to the presidential apology and the school principal’s resignation offer. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) On New Year’s Day on Twitter, Carey offered neither an apology nor much of an explanation. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 n an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone 2he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess Hyper acknowledgement, acknowledgment a statement acknowledging something or someone n a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly 3Syn|Hyper apologia defence, defense, vindication the justification for some act or belief n a poor example it was an apology for a meal Syn|Hyper excuse example, illustration, instance, representative an item of information that is typical of a class or group |
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