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When you do something apologetically, you show you are sorry — with your face, your voice, or a few extra words — especially because you feel guilty or a bit . It is the adverb from apologetic. A waiter who has kept you waiting may smile apologetically; a student who is late may speak apologetically. It is not formal, but it is a little careful: you hear it in stories and polite talk more than in quick chat, where people just say sorry. Though actually, it does not always mean a big apology. Sometimes it is only a small, awkward “I know this is a bother” feeling, not a confession of something grave.
抱歉地;帶著歉意
組成From apologetic + -ally. English often turns an -ic adjective into an adverb with -ally: apologetic → apologetically.
同家族的字
- apologeticthe adjective this adverb is built from
- apologythe noun for saying sorry, same stem
- apologizethe verb, same family
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
apologeticallyadv
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In an apologetic manner; by way of defense, apology or excuse.
- “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。