sorry

1. CONVENTION You say "Sorry" or "I'm sorry" as a way of apologizing to someone for something that you have done which has upset them or caused them difficulties, or when you bump into them accidentally. 對不起[套語]

"We're all talking at the same time."—"Yeah. Sorry."

“我們都在同時說話。”—“呃，對不起。”

Sorry I took so long. 對不起，我用了這麽長時間。

I'm really sorry if I said anything wrong. 真抱歉，如果我有說錯的地方。

2. ADJ If you are sorry about a situation, you feel regret, sadness, or disappointment about it. 遺憾的; 悲傷的[v-link ADJ]

She was very sorry about all the trouble she'd caused. 她對自己造成的麻煩感到很內疚。

I'm sorry he's gone. 他走了我感到遺憾。

3. CONVENTION You use I'm sorry or sorry as an introduction when you are telling a person something that you do not think they will want to hear, for example when you are disagreeing with them or giving them bad news. 抱歉 (用於表示不同意或不好的消息)

No, I'm sorry, I can't agree with you. 不，抱歉，我不同意你。

"I'm sorry," he told the real estate agent, "but we really must go now."

“對不起，”他告訴房地産經紀人，“但我們的確要走了。”

4. PHRASE You use the expression I'm sorry to say to express regret together with disappointment or disapproval. 很遺憾[情感]

I've only done half of it, I'm sorry to say. 我衹做了一半，很遺憾。

5. CONVENTION You say "I'm sorry" to express your regret and sadness when you hear sad or unpleasant news. 很難過[情感]

"I'm afraid he's ill."—"I'm sorry to hear that."

“恐怕他病了。”—“聽到這個消息我很難過。”

6. ADJ If you feel sorry for someone who is unhappy or in an unpleasant situation, you feel sympathy and sadness for them. 同情的[v-link ADJ 'for' n]

I felt sorry for him and his colleagues – it must have been so frustrating for them. 我很同情他和他的同事們–這對他們來說肯定是非常令人沮喪。

7. ADJ You say that someone is feeling sorry for themselves when you disapprove of the fact that they keep thinking unhappily about their problems, rather than trying to be cheerful and positive. (自我) 憐憫的[v-link ADJ] [表不滿]

What he must not do is to sit around at home feeling sorry for himself. 他絕不該做的事情就是坐在家裡自我憐憫。

8. CONVENTION You say "Sorry?" when you have not heard something that someone has said and you want them to repeat it. 抱歉 (請求再講一遍)[套語]

Once or twice I heard her muttering, but when I said, "Sorry? What did you say?" she didn't respond. 有一兩次我聽見她在嘀嘀咕咕，但儅我說“抱歉? 你說什麽？”時，她沒有廻答。

9. CONVENTION You use sorry when you correct yourself and use different words to say what you have just said, especially when what you say the second time does not use the words you would normally choose to use. 抱歉 (用於說話時自我糾正)

Barcelona will be hoping to bring the trophy back to Spain (sorry, Catalonia) for the first time. 巴塞羅那將會希望第一次把獎盃帶廻西班牙（抱歉，是卡塔洛尼亞）。

10. ADJ If someone or something is in a sorry state, they are in a bad state, mentally or physically. 糟糕的[ADJ n]

The fire left Kuwait's oil industry in a sorry state. 大火使科威特的石油工業陷入糟糕的境地。

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