喜樂美語

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A soft, sinking feeling inside about something — most often 'I wish I hadn't done that' (the apology), but the same inner softness also turns outward as feeling for someone, and gets worn smooth into everyday markers. At root it's the heart going a little heavy and gentle over a situation.

可以想成：心裡一陣柔軟、往下沉的感覺——最常見的是「我真希望沒那樣做」（道歉），但同一份心軟也會轉向外面，變成替別人…更多收起可以想成：心裡一陣柔軟、往下沉的感覺——最常見的是「我真希望沒那樣做」（道歉），但同一份心軟也會轉向外面，變成替別人難過，還會被磨成日常的客套口頭語。說到底，就是面對某件事時，心頭一沉、軟下來的那種感覺。

原始詞典資料12 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。

sorryadj/ˈsɒɹi/

  • 1

    Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

    • I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.
  • 2

    Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.

    • I feel sorry for you, about your exam results.
    • The President was sorry to hear that the Ambassador was leaving.
  • 3

    Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.

    • The storm left his garden in a sorry state.
    • ... often the only movement on the landscape is winter smoke winding out the chimney of some sorry-looking farmhouse ...
  • 4

    Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.

    • Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.
    • The sorry experience did little to suggest that Musk knows how to run a social media platform or that DeSantis is capable of governing a global superpower armed with nuclear weapons.

sorryintj/ˈsɒɹi/

  • 1

    Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.

    • Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.
    • Sorry about yesterday. — No worries.
  • 2

    Said as a request to excuse one's unintentional behaviors.

    • Oops! Sorry!
  • 3

    Said as a request to pass somebody.

    • Sorry! Coming through!
  • 4

    Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.

    • Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.
  • 5

    Used to correct oneself in speech.

    • There are four—sorry, five—local branches of the store.
  • 6

    Used as a hedge.

    • Sorry, but I don't care what you think.

sorrynoun/ˈsɒɹi/

  • 1

    The act of saying sorry; an apology.

    • The British would do it standing stock still, Latinos would dance their sorries, and Canadians would find a way to apologize on ice.
    • So learn how to tailor your sorries to the sexes. Women tend to want an acknowledgment of what they're going through...

sorryverb/ˈsɒɹi/

  • 1

    rareTo feel sorry (for someone).

    • Jus' that once I sorried for her. Souls cross the skies o' time, Abbess'd say, like clouds crossin' skies o' the world.

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。