a·pol·o·get·ic
adjective/əˌpɒləˈdʒetɪk/
/əˌpɑːləˈdʒetɪk/
- feeling or showing that you are sorry for doing something wrong or for causing a problem
道歉的；谢罪的；愧疚的 - ‘Sorry,’ she said, with an apologetic smile.
“对不起。”她说，歉然一笑。 - apologetic about/for something They were very apologetic about the trouble they'd caused.
他们对所惹的麻烦深感愧疚。
Extra Examples- I hope she was suitably apologetic afterwards.
我希望她事后能适当表示歉意。 - Leroy sounded almost apologetic.
勒罗伊听起来几乎是在道歉。 - He was profusely apologetic about the mistake.
他对这个错误一再表示歉意。 - She was apologetic for taking so long.
用了这么长时间，她感到抱歉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun denoting a formal justification): from French apologétique or late Latin apologeticus, from Greek apologētikos, from apologeisthei ‘speak in one's own defence’, from apologia, from apo ‘away’+ -logia (see -ology). The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent. - ‘Sorry,’ she said, with an apologetic smile.