apologetic

apologetic
adjective
  1. regretfully acknowledging or excusing an offence or failure
    歉疚的，愧悔的，认错的
    she was very apologetic about the whole incident.
    她为整个这件事深感歉疚。
    ■expressing such regret
    表歉意的
    she gave an apologetic smile.
    她表示歉意地微微一笑。
    ■of the nature of a formal defence or justification of something such as a theory or religious doctrine
    （为理论或宗教教义）辩护的，辩解的
    the apologetic proposition that production for profit is the same thing as production for need.
    为追求利润而生产等同于为满足需求而生产这一论点所做的辩词。
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apologetically
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a noun denoting a formal justification): from French apologétique or late Latin apologeticus, from Greek apologētikos, from apologeisthei 'speak in one's own defence', from apologia (see apology)The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent
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