apologetic

UK:  [ə.pɒlə'dʒetɪk]

US:  [ə.pɑlə'dʒetɪk]

adj.

1.道歉,歉意的,遗憾的,后悔

2.谢罪的,道歉的,认错的

3.辩护的,辩解的

n.

1.辩解;辩护;护教学〔指神学中为基督教教条进行辩护的一个分支〕

1 . But then on a quiet winter afternoon when there was not much else going on, my supervisor came to me with an apologetic look on her face.
但是一个安静的冬日午后里，那时没什么别的事情发生，我的上司带着一副抱歉的表情走向我。

2 . His tone was tenderly apologetic at the end. He felt terrible that he would have to leave us.
在最后，他的语调带有温柔的歉意，要离开我们让他感觉很糟糕。

3 . Ask him a question, and he will respond with a few halting phrases and an apologetic smile before shifting back to the comfort of Spanish.
问他一个问题，他会断断续续地答几句，随后歉意地笑一下，换回他说得流畅的西班牙语。

4 . The company soon issued an apologetic clarification, noting that Mr Mackey had expressed his own views, not those of the company.
该公司很快发出了致歉声明，指出Mackey先生所表达的仅仅是他个人的观点，他的观点与公司无关。

5 . "I've told you before, yes, I feel like a woman, " he said with an apologetic look.
“我以前就和你说过了，是的，我觉得自己就是个女人，”他委屈的看了我一眼。