ADJ-GRADED 表示歉意的;认错的;愧疚的 If you are apologetic, you show or say that you are sorry for causing trouble for someone, for hurting them, or for disappointing them. 表示歉意的;认错的;愧疚的
The hospital staff were very apologetic but that couldn't really compensate.
医院的工作人员深表歉意,但这真的于事无补。
They were almost apologetic about the improvements they'd made.
对于他们所做的改进,他们简直感到愧疚。
'I don't follow football,' she said with an apologetic smile.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, look, sound慚愧;感到抱歉;看上去很愧疚;聽起來很內疚ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常慚愧▸➤profusely一再道歉➤genuinely, sincerely真誠道歉▸➤almost幾乎是在道歉◇Leroy sounded almost apologetic.勒羅伊聽起來幾乎是在道歉。➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些歉意▸➤vaguely隱約有些愧疚▸➤suitably (BrE) 適當表示歉意◇I hope she was suitably apologetic afterwards.我希望她事後能適當表示歉意。PREPOSITION➤about對⋯感到慚愧◇He was profusely apologetic about the mistake.他對這個錯誤一再表示歉意。➤for因⋯感到抱歉◇She was apologetic for taking so long.用了這麼長時間,她感到抱歉。