apology
外观
英語
[编辑]其他寫法
[编辑]- apologie (古舊)
詞源
[编辑]源自法語 apologie,源自晚期拉丁語 apologia,源自古希臘語 ἀπολογία (apología,“辯護詞”),源自 ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai,“為自己辯護”),源自 ἀπόλογος (apólogos,“敘述、故事”),源自 ἀπό (apó,“從、自、離開”) (參見 apo-) + λόγος (lógos,“言語”)。英語 apologia 的同源對似詞。字面分析等同於apo- + -logy。
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[编辑]名詞
[编辑]apology (複數 apologies)
- 道歉、致歉
- What he said really hurt my feelings, but his apology sounded so sincere that I couldn't help but forgive him.
- 他說的話真的傷了我的感情,但他的道歉聽起來如此真誠,我情不自禁地原諒了他。
- The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities.
- 執行長就這起醜聞公開發表了道歉聲明,並承諾全力配合相關機關。
- 辯護詞、申辯、辯解
- 近義詞:apologia
- the Apology of Socrates
- 《蘇格拉底的申辯》
- 替代品、權宜之計、勉強的代用品、湊合用的東西
- a poor apology for a hotel room
- 一間勉強能稱作旅館房間的破地方
- 1852年3月~1853年9月,w:查爾斯·狄更斯,章號 20,w:荒涼山莊,倫敦:Bradbury and Evans, […],出版於 1853,→OCLC:
- [He] goes to work devising apologies for window curtains.
- [他] 開始著手設計一些勉強能算是窗簾的東西。
- 1947年1月及2月,Cecil J. Allen,“British Locomotive Practice and Performance”,Railway Magazine,第 39 頁:
- The response to firing is remarkable, and though the 280 lb. pressure seems more in the nature of a reserve for emergencies than a continuous working figure, even with the present-day apology for coal it seldom fell below 250 lb., and could always be brought up to blowing-off point with little difficulty. To this liveliness of steaming the thermic syphons are doubtless the chief contributory.
- 對點火的反應相當出色,雖然 280 磅的壓力更像是緊急狀況的備用值,而非持續運作的標準,但即使在如今這種勉強能稱作「煤」的劣質燃料下,壓力也很少低於 250 磅,而且總能輕鬆提升到安全閥排放點。蒸汽如此活躍,無疑主要歸功於熱虹吸管的作用。
派生詞
[编辑]相關詞彙
[编辑]參見
[编辑]延伸閱讀
[编辑]- “apology”,Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913年,OCLC 800618302
- “apology”,The Century Dictionary […],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,OCLC 867766587
