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单词 apologetic
释义
apologetic
adjective
uk
/əˌpɒl.əˈdʒet.ɪk/us
/əˌpɑː.ləˈdʒet̬.ɪk/
C2
showingthat youfeelsorryabout havingcausedsomeoneproblemsorunhappiness:
表示歉意的；抱歉的；道歉的
She was so apologeticaboutforgettingmybirthdayit wasalmostembarrassing.她因忘记我的生日而深感歉疚，这倒让我有些不好意思了。
Ihopehe wassuitablyapologeticforbreakingyourglasses.他打碎了你的眼镜，我希望他适当地道过歉了。
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sorryadjective(SAD)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making & accepting apologies
  • afraid
  • apologetically
  • apologize
  • atone forsomething
  • atonement
  • bury the hatchetidiom
  • conciliatory
  • crawl back (tosomeone)idiom
  • excuse
  • expiate
  • forgiving
  • pardonable
  • peace
  • plead
  • remission
  • repent
  • sink
  • soz
  • takesomethingback
  • turn the other cheekidiom
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apologetically
(Definition ofapologeticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

apologetic| American Dictionary

apologetic
adjective
us
/əˌpɑl·əˈdʒet̬·ɪk/
expressingregretabout havingcausedsomeoneinconvenienceorunhappiness:
He was apologetic for notreturningmycall.

apologetically

adverbus
/əˌpɑl·əˈdʒet̬·ɪk·li/
Thewaiterapologetically took theboneback to thekitchenandquicklybroughtMr.Appleanother.
(Definition ofapologeticfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofapologetic

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The other element that seems open to criticism is the somewhatapologeticvein that runs through most of the contributions.
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He was diffident, and at times almostapologetic, yet he set people thinking and planted seeds of ideas which left an indelible influence.
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Lyrics (often inaudible) tend to be introspective, pessimistic, passive, sometimes ironic, orapologetic.
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Furthermore, it turned out that for a long time historiography had a stronglyapologeticcharacter (instead of aiming to reconstruct past events).
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Ironically, theapologeticpurpose of these later works may have militated against the inclusion of even more material regarding the miraculous.
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Hence, their writings had a stronglyapologeticcast, and this over rode their weakly stated arguments that sinning rulers need not be obeyed.
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Several wereapologeticabout it: ' reluctantly yes'; ' yes, afraid so'; ' sadly, yes'.
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In reaction, the empiricism of contemporary scholarship reopens the process of his thought and acts asapologeticfor our psyches.
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Given these distinctions and qualifications, theapologeticuse of theistic arguments is far from superfluous, even if the proper basicality thesis is true.
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Once again, theapologeticemployment of theistic arguments would be consistent with the underlying epistemology of theistic belief.
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The professed intention of all those writers is historical notapologetic.
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So you should actapologeticwhen you say this word.
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Some notable similarities catch the eye, not least the prevalence ofapologeticpronouncements on war and aggression.
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In the introduction, which is rather tooapologetic, we are promised ' a miniature library ' (p. 57).
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Hisapologeticpoints to a new and significant way of resolving confessional differences.
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