•I have an apology to make to you - I'm afraid I opened your letter by mistake.我必须向你道歉，我误拆了你的信。

•He's demanding a full apology from the newspaper for making untrue allegations about his personal life.他要求这家报纸对关于他私生活的不实报导正式道歉。

•"Was he at all sorry for what he'd done?" "Oh he was full of apologies (= extremely sorry)."“他到底有没有对他的所作所为感到内疚？”“哦，他深感内疚。”

•She complained to the company about its awful service and they sent her a written apology.就其低劣的服务品质，她向这家公司提出投诉，公司对她作出了书面道歉。

•I owe you an apology - I'm afraid I forgot to send Amanda that report.我非向你道歉不可——我忘了把那份报告交给阿曼达了。

•a letter of apology道歉信

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•The vice-chair has sent his apologies - he's abroad at present.副主席寄来了道歉信——他目前在国外，不能出席。

•Apologies were received from Phil Baker and Malcolm Johnson.菲尔‧贝克和马尔科姆‧詹森寄来道歉信告知他们不能出席。

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•You're not coming out because you're tired? That's an apology for an excuse!你不出门是因为你累了？这个借口也太没水准了！