a‧pol‧o‧gy S3 / əpɒlədʒi $ əpɑ- / 名词 ( 复数形式 apologies )

1 [可数和不可数名词] something that you say or write to show that you are sorry for doing something wrong

apology for

The minister had to issue a formal public apology for his remarks.

apology from

She finally received an apology from the company.

apology to

an apology to passengers for any inconvenience caused

2 apologies [复数形式] a message that you send to a meeting to say that you will not be able to come to the meeting :

Edward can’t be here today, but he sends his apologies .

3 make your apologies to say that you are sorry but you have to leave :

I quickly made my apologies and left.

4 make no apology for something to not say that you are sorry for something, because you do not regret it and you think it is the right thing to do :

We make no apology for defending our members’ interests – that is our job.

5 [可数名词] literary a statement in which you defend something you believe in after it has been criticized by other people

apology for

an apology for Christianity

6 an apology for something a very bad example of something :

They served us up an apology for a meal.

COLLOCATIONS

动词

make an apology I hope you are going to make an apology.

issue an apology (= make an official public apology ) North Korea issued an official apology for the incident.

get/receive an apology He received a formal apology from the company.

offer an apology We would like to offer our sincere apologies for the delay.

accept sb’s apology Please accept my apologies for having to cancel our meeting.

demand an apology China continued to demand a full apology from the US.

owe somebody an apology I’m afraid I owe you an apology.

publish an apology (= print it in a newspaper ) The newspaper group was forced to publish a full apology.

mumble/mutter an apology (= say it quietly, especially because you are embarrassed ) He bumped into me and mumbled an apology.

形容词

my sincere/profound apologies (= used when you feel very sorry ) Firstly, my sincere apologies for not having contacted you earlier. | ‘I have been guilty of making some insensitive remarks,’ said Wright, who offered his profound apologies to everyone concerned.

a public apology The authorities published a public apology in the newspaper.

a formal apology Russia is demanding a formal apology.

an official apology The company has made an official apology and is offering compensation.

a written apology The police sent a written apology to the family.

a full apology The Prime Minister made a full apology in the House of Commons.

an abject apology formal (= one that shows that you are very sorry ) The BBC issued an abject apology for insulting the Queen.

profuse apologies formal (= when someone says that they are sorry several times ) Moira telephoned with profuse apologies for the misunderstanding.

短语

a letter of apology We agreed to write a letter of apology.