apologetic

1. ADJ If you are apologetic, you show or say that you are sorry for causing trouble for someone, for hurting them, or for disappointing them. 表達(dá)歉意的

The hospital staff were very apologetic but that couldn't really compensate. 醫(yī)院員工都深表歉意，但那不能真正補(bǔ)償。

2. apologeticallyADV 表達(dá)歉意地[ADV with v]

"It's of no great literary merit," he said, almost apologetically. “它不具有重要的文學(xué)價(jià)值，”他幾乎抱歉地說道。