apologetic
1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词表示歉意的；认错的；愧疚的 If you are apologetic, you show or say that you are sorry for causing trouble for someone, for hurting them, or for disappointing them.
The hospital staff were very apologetic but that couldn't really compensate...
医院的工作人员深表歉意，但这真的于事无补。
They were almost apologetic about the improvements they'd made...
对于他们所做的改进，他们简直感到愧疚。
'I don't follow football,' she said with an apologetic smile.
“我不懂足球，”她歉然一笑道。
apologetically
'It's of no great literary merit,' he said, almost apologetically.
“它没多大的文学价值，”他近乎愧疚地说道。
