- 1不道歉的、不覺得抱歉的；引申為「理直氣壯」「毫不心虛」。誇人時接近「做自己、不用跟誰交代」，罵人時接近「一點歉意都沒有」
Unapologetic describes someone who is not sorry, and does not pretend to be — especially when other people think they ought to be sorry.
The key to this word is that second half. It is not just an absence of apology; it is a refusal, and everyone can feel the refusal. 'He was unapologetic about the delay' means people expected an apology and did not get one.
So the word can go two very different ways depending on who is speaking. Used critically, it means , brazen: 'an unapologetic liar'. Used , it means proud and refusing to shrink: 'unapologetically herself', 'unapologetic about who she loves'. English speakers today use the sense a lot, especially about identity, art and taste — 'an unapologetic love of cheesy pop music' is a friendly, self-teasing thing to say about yourself.
It also gets used about things, not just people: 'an unapologetic action movie' means a film that knows exactly what it is and makes no excuses for it.
The adverb unapologetically is extremely common now, more common than the adjective in casual online English.
組成un-（不）+ apologetic（道歉的、抱歉的）。apologetic 來自 apology，而希臘文 apologia 原本不是「道歉」，是「辯護、答辯」——在法庭上為自己說話。英文後來才轉成「認錯」的意思。
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
unapologeticadj
- 1
Not apologetic for having said or done something that causes actual or potential harm, especially when being apologetic would be appropriate.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。