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 ExamplesI 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。
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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.