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apology n.道歉；辩解；<口>勉强的代用品 (1) 我要求道歉。(2) 请接受我的道歉。(3) 他深表懊悔地致歉。(4) 依我看，我们应该接受他们的道歉。(5) 她的公开信实际上是对她生活方式的辩护。 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.

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英 [ə'pɒlədʒi] 美 [ə'pɑːlədʒi] (1) I demand an apology.(2) Please accept my apology.(3) He made a contrite apology.(4) In my judgement, we should accept their apology.(5) Her open letter was really an apology for her way of life. 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. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]道歉；认错；愧疚的表示 An apology is something that you say or write in order to tell someone that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them. I didn't get an apology...还没有向我道歉。We received a letter of apology...我们收到了一封致歉信。He made a public apology for the team's performance.他就队伍的表现公开道歉。2[N-PLURAL 复数名词]（表示或作出）道歉 If you offer or make your apologies, you apologize.   [usu poss N]  [FORMAL 正式]His mother offered her apologies to the Jones family...他的母亲向琼斯一家赔了不是。When Mary finally appeared, she made her apologies to Mrs Madrigal.最终露面时，玛丽向马德里加尔夫人表示了歉意。3[PHRASE 短语]（对某事）无可道歉，无错可认 If you say that you make no apologies for what you have done, you are emphasizing that you feel that you have done nothing wrong.   [V inflects]Union officials made no apologies for the threatened chaos.工会干部们对于迫在眉睫的混乱局面不予道歉。

英语单词	apology
英美音标	英 [ə'pɒlədʒi] 美 [ə'pɑːlədʒi]
中文释义	n.道歉；辩解；<口>勉强的代用品
英语例句	(1) I demand an apology. (2) Please accept my apology. (3) He made a contrite apology. (4) In my judgement, we should accept their apology. (5) Her open letter was really an apology for her way of life.
中文例句	(1) 我要求道歉。 (2) 请接受我的道歉。 (3) 他深表懊悔地致歉。 (4) 依我看，我们应该接受他们的道歉。 (5) 她的公开信实际上是对她生活方式的辩护。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]道歉；认错；愧疚的表示 An apology is something that you say or write in order to tell someone that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them. I didn't get an apology... 还没有向我道歉。 We received a letter of apology... 我们收到了一封致歉信。 He made a public apology for the team's performance. 他就队伍的表现公开道歉。 2 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]（表示或作出）道歉 If you offer or make your apologies, you apologize. [usu poss N] [FORMAL 正式] His mother offered her apologies to the Jones family... 他的母亲向琼斯一家赔了不是。 When Mary finally appeared, she made her apologies to Mrs Madrigal. 最终露面时，玛丽向马德里加尔夫人表示了歉意。 3 [PHRASE 短语]（对某事）无可道歉，无错可认 If you say that you make no apologies for what you have done, you are emphasizing that you feel that you have done nothing wrong. [V inflects] Union officials made no apologies for the threatened chaos. 工会干部们对于迫在眉睫的混乱局面不予道歉。

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