sorry
/ˈsɒrɪ/adjective
(sorrier, sorriest)
1
- predic. feeling distress, especially through sympathy with someone else's misfortune（尤指对别人的不幸深为同情）难过的：
I was sorry to hear about what happened to your family.
听说你家里发生的事情我感到很难过。
1.1
sorry for
filled with compassion for对…感到同情：he couldn't help feeling sorry for her when he heard how she'd been treated.
当他听说她的遭遇后忍不住为她感到伤心。
1.2
- feeling regret or penitence感到遗憾（或后悔）：
he said he was sorry he had upset me
他说很抱歉让我感到不安
I'm sorry if I was a bit brusque.
如果我表现得有些唐突的话我很抱歉。
1.3
- used as an expression of apology对不起：
sorry-I was trying not to make a noise.
对不起——我是想不发出声响的。
1.4
- used as a polite request that someone should repeat something that one has failed to hear or understand没听清; 请再讲一遍：
I'm sorry-you were saying?
对不起——您刚才讲什么？
2
- attrib. in a poor or pitiful state or condition可怜的：
he looks a sorry sight with his broken jaw.
他下巴被打伤了, 看起来很可怜。
2.1
- unpleasant and regrettable, especially on account of incompetence or misbehaviour（尤指由于无能或错误行为而）令人遗憾的, 令人不快的：
we feel so ashamed that we keep quiet about the whole sorry business.
我们感到非常羞愧, 所以对于整个不快事件保持沉默。
短语
sorry for oneself
- sad and self-pitying对自己的遭遇伤心不平。
派生词
sorrily
adverbsorriness
noun词源