If you look or sound apologetic, you are showing that you are sorry — often a little guilty or embarrassed. An apologetic smile, an apologetic tone, an apologetic email. It is the everyday adjective beside apologize and apology: not the sorry words themselves, but the face, voice, or manner that shows them.

If you look or sound apologetic如果你看起來或聽起來很apologetic you are showing that you are sorry就是表現出你很抱歉 — often a little guilty or embarrassed——常常還帶點內疚或不好意思。An apologetic smile, an apologetic tone, an apologetic email像an apologetic smile（帶歉意的笑容）、an apologetic tone（帶歉意的語氣）、an apologetic email（帶歉意的信）。It is the everyday adjective beside apologize and apology它是apologize和apology旁邊那個日常用的形容詞 not the sorry words themselves不是指說出口的道歉話 but the face, voice, or manner that shows them而是表現出這種心情的表情、聲音或態度。

It can even feel a bit weak if someone is apologetic about a thing they ought to stand up for.

It can even feel a bit weak它甚至可能給人有點軟弱的感覺 if someone is apologetic about a thing they ought to stand up for如果一個人對本來該堅持立場的事卻表現得很apologetic。

Though actually, the oldest Greek sense was “speaking in defense,” and in universities you may still meet apologetics (a careful defense of a belief) and apologist (someone who defends an idea). That scholarly cousin is not how most people use apologetic today. In ordinary English it means sorry.

Though actually, the oldest Greek sense was "speaking in defense,"不過其實最早的希臘文意思是『為自己辯護』 and in universities you may still meet apologetics (a careful defense of a belief)在大學裡你可能還會遇到apologetics（一種對信念的細密辯護） and apologist (someone who defends an idea)還有apologist（替某個理念辯護的人）。That scholarly cousin is not how most people use apologetic today但這個學術上的親戚字，不是現在大部分人用apologetic的方式。In ordinary English it means sorry在日常英文裡它就是指抱歉。