道歉的；歉疚的

搭配：[noun_of_adjective:tone, letter, person, smile]

• The hospital staff were very apologetic.

  医院的工作人员深表歉意。

• `Not really,' she said with an apologetic smile.

  “不见得。”她说，脸上带着歉意的微笑。

• There's no need to be apologetic, you did nothing wrong.

  没有必要道歉，你没做错什么。

• They were almost apologetic about the improvements they'd made.

  他们对自己所作的改进几乎有点歉疚了。

• to be apologetic about sth

  为某事感到歉疚

辩护的；辩解的【文学】<正式>

• Newman's apologetic writings

  纽曼的辩护式著述