社交場合的固定說法
同一段致歉的話被放進特定的場合，久了就固定成兩個說法，而且都用複數。
apology (for absence) · noun · B1
a message you send to a meeting to say you cannot come.
請假致歉
核心畫面
Picture the words themselves — the thing you hand over when you were wrong. English keeps that object and puts it into several fixed frames: sent ahead when you cannot come, made as you leave, refused when you stand by what you did. Two further uses drift away from regret altogether: a written defence of a belief, and a way of saying something barely counts as the thing it claims to be.
可以想成：那段話本身——你做錯了，遞出去的那樣東西。英文把這個「東西」放進幾個固定的框架裡：來不了時先送過去、要離席…更多收起
可以想成：那段話本身——你做錯了，遞出去的那樣東西。英文把這個「東西」放進幾個固定的框架裡：來不了時先送過去、要離席時客氣地說一聲、以及在你並不後悔時明白地拒絕給出。另外兩種用法則離「歉意」很遠了：一是為信念寫的辯護，二是帶著嘲意說某樣東西勉強稱得上是那個名字。From the picture
明白表示不道歉
把同一樣東西反過來用：明講「我不給這個」，等於在說我不覺得自己錯。
make no apology for something · noun · B2
If you make no apology for something, you are not sorry because you think you were right.
不後悔
為信念寫的辯護
這一層跟「認錯」相反：它是被批評之後站出來說明立場，屬於文學與哲學傳統裡的用法。
apology (formal defense) · noun · B2
a statement in which you defend something you believe in after other people have criticized it.
辯護；辯解
勉強稱得上的爛貨
帶著嘲意的用法：這樣東西差到只能算是那個名字的一個「抱歉版本」。
an apology for something (a poor example) · noun · B2
a very bad example of something.
蹩腳貨
Also in this word
apology (sorry) · noun · A2
A spoken or written message saying you are sorry for doing something wrong.
道歉
原始詞典資料3 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。
apologynoun/əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
- 1
An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
- What he said really hurt my feelings, but his apology sounded so sincere that I couldn't help but forgive him.
- The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities.
- 2
A formal justification, defence.
- the Apology of Socrates
- 3
Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
- a poor apology for a hotel room
- [He] goes to work devising apologies for window curtains.
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。