apologyan apology for sth1.■a very poor example of sth 勉强代用的东西；临时凑份的替代:I’m sorry this is a bit of an apology for lunch—we’ll have a proper meal tonight. 很抱歉午饭有点不像样—晚上我们好好吃一顿。make no a'pology/a'pologies for sth2.■if you say that you make no apology/apologies for sth, you mean that you do not feel that you have said or done sth wrong﹙表示所说的或做的没错﹚不为某事道歉，问心无愧:Having grown up in the north of the country, I make no apologies for saying that people there are more friendly than people in the south. 我在北方长大，我完全有理由说北方人比南方人友好。