sorry

sorry
(sorrier, sorriest)
  1. [predic.]feeling distress, especially through sympathy with someone else's misfortune
    （尤指对别人的不幸深为同情）难过的
    I was sorry to hear about what happened to your family.
    听说你家里发生的事情我感到很难过。
    ■(sorry for)filled with compassion for
    对…感到同情
    he could't help feeling sorry for her when he heard how she'd been treated.
    当他听说别人如何对待她后忍不住为她感到伤心。
    ■feeling regret or penitence
    感到遗憾（或后悔）
    he said he was sorry he had upset me.
    他说很抱歉让我感到不安。
    I'm sorry if I was a bit brusque.
    如果我表现得有些唐突的话我很抱歉。
    ■used as an expression of apology
    对不起
    sorry—I was trying not to make a noise.
    对不起——我正努力不发出声响。
    ■used as a polite request that someone should repeat something that one has failed to hear or understand
    没听清；请再讲一遍
    I'm sorry—you were saying?.
    对不起——您刚才讲什么？。
  2. [attrib.]in a poor or pitiful state or condition
    可怜的
    he looks a sorry sight with his broken jaw.
    他下巴被打伤了，看起来很可怜。
    ■unpleasant and regrettable, especially on account of incompetence or misbehaviour
    （尤指由于无能或错误行为而）令人遗憾的，令人过意不去的
    we feel so ashamed that we keep quiet about the whole sorry business.
    我们感到非常羞愧，所以对于整个糟糕事件只好保持沉默。
常用词组
sorry for oneself
  1. sad and self-pitying
    对自己的遭遇伤心不平
派生
sorrily
adverb
sorriness
noun
语源
  1. Old English sārig 'pained, distressed', of West Germanic origin, from the base of the noun sore. The shortening of the root vowel has given the word an apparent connection with the unrelated sorrow
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