apologetic

[ə.pɔlə'dʒetik]

adj.道歉的, 认错的, 赔罪的
n.正式的辩护

a.

1. 道歉的, 认错的; 愧悔的[(+for/about)]

She was apologetic for not keeping her promise.

她对自己未能遵守诺言表示歉意。

2. 辩解的, 辩护的

n.

(为事业、信仰等所作的)辩护(书)[C]

词形变化

副词: apologetically | 异体字: apologetical |

词义辨析

同义:

a.抱歉的, 悔恨的

sorry  regretful  remorseful  penitential  penitent  repentant  conscience-stricken  conscience-smitten  rueful  compunctious  self-reproachful  self-condemnatory  self-condemning  self-accusatory  self-accusing  sheepish  contrite  conciliatory

a.支持的, 为……辩护的

supportive  supporting  endorsing  sustaining  upholding  justificative  vindicatory  vindicative  exculpatory  palliative  excusatory  

英英释义

形容词 apologetic:

offering or expressing apology

同义词：excusatory

补充

apologeticapologetic英:[əˌpɔləˈdʒetik] 美:[əˌpɑləˈdʒɛtɪk]adj.1.道歉的, 抱歉的

例句

1. The hospital staff were very apologetic.医院的工作人员深表歉意。 2. 'Not really,' she said with an apologetic smile.“不见得。”她说, 脸上带着歉意的微笑。 3. There's no need to be apologetic, you did nothing wrong.没有必要道歉, 你没做错什么。 4. They were almost apologetic about the improvements they'd made.他们对自己所作的改进几乎有点歉疚了。 5. Newman's apologetic writings纽曼的辩护式著述 6. she was very apologetic about the whole incident.她为整个这件事深感歉疚。 7. she gave an apologetic smile.她表示歉意地微微一笑。 8. the apologetic proposition that production for profit is the same thing as production for need.为追求利润而生产等同于为满足需求而生产这一论点所做的辩词。 9. He was most apologetic about his son's bad behaviour.他对儿子的劣行深感抱歉。 10. I wrote him an apologetic letter.我写了一封道歉信给他。 11. We received an apologetic letter and a full refund from the company.我们收到了公司的一封道歉信以及全部退款。 12. an apologetic smile带有歉意的微笑 13. They were apologetic about the mistake.他们对出错感到很抱歉。 14. She seemed almost apologetic about buying a new car.她似乎对买了辆新车有些后悔了。 15. He smiled apologetically.他抱歉地笑了笑。 16. "“I'm sorry I'm late,” she said apologetically."“很抱歉，我迟到了。”她充满歉意地说。