Apologetic
[əpɒlə'dʒetɪk] or [ə,pɑlə'dʒɛtɪk]
解释:
(adj.) offering or expressing apology; 'an apologetic note'; 'an apologetic manner' .
整理:米歇尔--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Alt. of Apologetical
录入:特伦特
解释:
adj. excusing: regretfully acknowledging: said or written in defence.—adv. Apologet′ically.—n. Apologet′ics that branch of theology concerned with the defence of Christianity. It falls under the two heads of natural and revealed theology—in the former it proves the existence of God of the soul in man a future state; in the latter the canonicity inspiration and trustworthiness of Scripture.
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例句:
- Or even if I any ways should want a wink or two,' added Sloppy, after a moment's apologetic reflection, 'I could take 'em turning. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He lifted his eyes, when he saw his master, with a half-deprecating, apologetic air. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Not, adds Mr. Snagsby with his apologetic cough, that I mean to say a word against the profession I get my living by. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The meeting was said to have been embarrassing to both, and the conversation was principally apologetic. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- So challenged, many of the monarchs became apologetic and fussily useful. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Hitherto there had always been something apologetic about the army man in England. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Mr. Snagsby, with much bowing and short apologetic coughing, takes his leave, lightened in heart. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Lizzie merely answered this difficult question with an apologetic glance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The old man, with an apologetic action of his head and hands, as not comprehending the master's meaning, addressed to him a look of mute inquiry. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- When Barnwell began to go wrong, I declare that I felt positively apologetic, Pumblechook's indignant stare so taxed me with it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- I feel sincerely apologetic, my dear Mortimer, but nothing comes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I felt quite apologetic for Traddles. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- In fact, Franklin was rather apologetic in reference to the magic squares and circles, with which he sometimes amused hi s leisure, as a sort of ingenious trifling. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Being a great reader of all kinds of literature (and never at all apologetic for that weakness), he sat down comfortably to read. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
整理:罗拉