apology是什麼意思 apology的用法 apology怎麼讀
apology
英 [ə'pɒlədʒɪ]美 [ə'pɑlədʒi]
n. 道歉；謝罪；辯護；勉強的替代物
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星級詞彙:★★★
中文詞源
apology 辯解，道歉
前綴apo-, 離開，遠離，相對。詞根log-, 說，詞源同lecture. 原義指自辯，辯解。後指道歉(道歉本質上也是一種辯解）。
英語詞源
apology
apology: [16] The original meaning of apology was ‘formal self-justification’, often used as the title of a piece of writing rebutting criticism (as in the Apology of Sir Thomas More, knight 1533). This is indicative of the word’s origins in Greek apologíā, a derivative of the verb apologeisthai ‘speak in one’s defence’, formed from the prefix apo- ‘away, off’ and logos ‘speech’ (source of English logic).
It entered English through either French apologie or Latin apologia (which was separately borrowed into English as a Latinism in the late 18th century). The meaning ‘expression of regret for offence given’ developed in the late 16th century.
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apology (n.)
early 15c., "defense, justification," from Late Latin apologia, from Greek apologia "a speech in defense," from apologeisthai "to speak in one's defense," from apologos "an account, story," from apo- "from, off" (see apo-) + logos "speech" (see lecture (n.)).
The original English sense of "self-justification" yielded a meaning "frank expression of regret for wrong done," first recorded 1590s, but this was not the main sense until 18c. The old sense tends to emerge in Latin form apologia (first attested in English 1784), especially since J.H. Newman's "Apologia pro Vita Sua" (1864).
權威例句
1. Nancy wasn't sure what to make of Mick's apology.
南希不知應該如何理解米克的道歉。
2. Westcott appealed to Waite for an apology, which he duly received.
韋斯科特要求韋特道歉，且如願以償。
3. Jones' lawyers are seeking an unreserved apology from the newspaper.
瓊斯的律師要求報紙坦誠道歉。
4. We received a letter of apology.
我們收到了一封致歉信。
5. I didn't get an apology.
還沒有向我道歉。
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