美
[ə'pɑːlədʒaɪz]
say one is sorry, as for fault or for causing pain
"I apologized for being late"
"He apologized for the many typoes"
"rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"
"he rationalized his lack of success"
I can justly apologize for my self that Necessity has no law.
出自： Henry More
His friends bore him to the gate and..his host..returned to apologize.
出自： E. Waugh
The head waiter, admitting his fault, apologized profusely for the oversight.
出自： S. Naipaul
莫斯太太替她丈夫表示歉意。
He apologized for his mistake.
他为自己的错误而道歉。 apologize for v-ing
I apologized for stepping on her toes.
我因踩了她的脚趾而向她道歉。
He apologized for having kept us waiting for hours.
他为让我们等待数小时而向我们道歉。
I must apologize for not answering your letter in time.
我为我延误回信向您道歉。
你必须向你姐姐道歉。 apologize to sb for sth/v-ing/wh-clause
He apologized to her for the delay in replying to a letter.
他因没有及早回信而向她表示歉意。
She apologized to her teacher for coming to school late.
她因迟到向老师道歉。
You must apologize to her for having kept her waiting.
让她等了这么久,你应该为此向她表示歉意。
He apologized to her for stepping on her foot.
他因踩了她的脚而向她道歉。
I felt constrained to apologize to you for what I had said.
我为我所说的话非向你表示歉意不可。
误 I'll apologize him later.
正 I'll apologize to him later.
析 apologize是不及物动词。表示“向某人道歉”要用apologize to sb 的形式,而不能在apologize后直接跟sb。
误 The child apologized to me at breaking my glasses.
正 The child apologized to me for breaking my glasses.
误 I apologized to you to be mistaken about it.
正 I apologized to you for my being mistaken about it.
误 The waiter apologized to the customer in being so rude.
正 The waiter apologized to the customer for being so rude.
析 apologize是不及物动词,表示“因…而道歉”,应该用for引出道歉的原因。
