sorry /ˈsɒrɪ/ CET4 TEM4 ( sorrier, sorriest )

• 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. 对不起 [套语]

  例：

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

  “我们都在同时说话。”—“呃，对不起。”

  例：

  Sorry I took so long.

  对不起，我用了这么长时间。

  例：

  I'm really sorry if I said anything wrong.

  真抱歉，如果我有说错的地方。

• 2. 

  ADJ If you are sorry about a situation, you feel regret, sadness, or disappointment about it. 遗憾的; 悲伤的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  She was very sorry about all the trouble she'd caused.

  她对自己造成的麻烦感到很内疚。

  例：

  I'm sorry he's gone.

  他走了我感到遗憾。

• 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 (用于表示不同意或不好的消息)

  例：

  No, I'm sorry, I can't agree with you.

  不，抱歉，我不同意你。

  例：

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

  “对不起，”他告诉房地产经纪人，“但我们的确要走了。”

• 4. 

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

  例：

  I've only done half of it, I'm sorry to say.

  我只做了一半，很遗憾。

• 5. 

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

  例：

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

  “恐怕他病了。”—“听到这个消息我很难过。”

• 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]

  例：

  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们–这对他们来说肯定是非常令人沮丧。

• 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) 怜悯的 [v-link ADJ] [表不满]

  例：

  What he must not do is to sit around at home feeling sorry for himself.

  他绝不该做的事情就是坐在家里自我怜悯。

• 8. 

  CONVENTION You say "Sorry?" when you have not heard something that someone has said and you want them to repeat it. 抱歉 (请求再讲一遍) [套语]

  例：

  Once or twice I heard her muttering, but when I said, "Sorry? What did you say?" she didn't respond.

  有一两次我听见她在嘀嘀咕咕，但当我说“抱歉? 你说什么？”时，她没有回答。

• 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 (用于说话时自我纠正)

  例：

  Barcelona will be hoping to bring the trophy back to Spain (sorry, Catalonia) for the first time.

  巴塞罗那将会希望第一次把奖杯带回西班牙（抱歉，是卡塔洛尼亚）。

• 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]

  例：

  The fire left Kuwait's oil industry in a sorry state.

  大火使科威特的石油工业陷入糟糕的境地。

• 11. 

  better safe than sorry →see safe