apologetic
/əˌpɒləˈdʒetɪk/adjective
1- regretfully acknowledging or excusing an offence or failure歉疚的, 愧悔的, 认错的：
she was very apologetic about the whole incident.
她为整个这件事深感歉疚。
1.1
- expressing such regret表歉意的：
she gave an apologetic smile.
她表示歉意地微微一笑。
1.2
- of the nature of a formal defence or justification of something such as a theory or religious doctrine（为理论或宗教教义）辩护的, 辩解的：
the apologetic proposition that production for profit is the same thing as production for need.
为追求利润而生产等同于为满足需求而生产这一论点所做的辩词。
派生词
apologetically
adverb词源
late 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 （see APOLOGY）. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.