apologize
verb(British English also apologise)
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they apologize | |
| he / she / it apologizes | |
| past simple apologized | |
| past participle apologized | |
| -ing form apologizing |
to say that you are sorry for doing something wrong or causing a problem 道歉；謝罪 Why should I apologize? 我爲什麽要道歉？ - apologize to somebody
Go and apologize to her. 去給她賠不是。 He wanted to publicly apologize to his victims. 他想公開向受害者道歉。 I want to apologize publicly on his behalf to those who have suffered. 我想代表他向那些受苦的人公開道歉。 He apologized profusely to his family and staff. 他向家人和工作人員多次道歉。 - apologize for something
I sincerely apologize for the enormous delay in delivery. 我真誠地爲交貨的巨大延誤道歉。 We apologize for the late departure of this flight. 本航班起飛延誤，謹致歉意。 I think Mr Peters should withdraw and apologize for his remark. 我認爲彼得斯先生應該退出，並爲他的話道歉。 I apologize unreservedly for any offending remarks I made. 我爲我說的任何冒犯的話毫無保留地道歉。 - apologize to somebody for something
We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience caused. 我們爲造成的不便向客戶道歉。
Extra ExamplesI'd like to apologize in advance for any spelling errors. 我想爲任何拼寫錯誤提前道歉。 He apologized to his colleagues. 他向同事道歉。 I do apologize most humbly. 我的確是非常謙恭地道歉。 I must apologize for cancelling our meeting at such short notice. 臨時取消我們的會面，我非常抱歉。 I must apologize for not letting you know sooner. 沒有早些讓你知道，我得道歉。 I would like to apologize most sincerely for any embarrassment caused. 我願意對造成的所有難堪表示最誠摯的歉意。 She apologized for being late. 她因爲自己遲到表示道歉。 The president of the company apologized personally for the tragic accident. 該公司的董事長親自爲這起悲慘事故道歉。 I apologize if I've interrupted your work. 如果我打斷了你的工作，我向你道歉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- sincerely
- profusely
- humbly
- …
- ought to
- should
- want to
- …
- for
- to
- I do apologize
- I must apologize
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make a defensive argument’): from Greek apologizesthai ‘give an account’, from apologos ‘story’. In English the verb has always been used as if it were a direct derivative of apology.
Express Yourself Apologizing道歉 給别人造成麻煩時禮貌地道歉，對方會比較不那麽生氣： 回應：
I'm so/terribly/very sorry I'm late. 非常抱歉，我遲到了。
I do apologize. I'll get you another cup. 很抱歉，我再給您拿一杯。
I must apologize for keeping you waiting. 很抱歉讓您久等了。
We would like to apologize on behalf of the management. 我們謹代表管理層致歉。
We would like to offer/Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience. 給您帶來了不便，我們謹表歉意／請接受我們的歉意。
That's all right/OK. 沒關系。
No problem. 不打緊。
Don't worry about it. 别放在心上。
It's fine, really. 沒事兒，真的。