| 词汇 | example_english_sorry |
| 释义 | Examples of sorryThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Based on our review of the literature, we identified seven apology terms (sorry, apologize, excuse, pardon, regret, afraid, forgive). On the contrary, the soldiers whose task it was to guard them reportedly felt sorry for their plight and treated them with affection. I'm sorry, but mediation is not the fastest and most efficient option - but settlement is. Proponents of the ban, however, justified a complete ban on the basis of the precautionary principle that it is better to be safe than sorry. I am sorry if this criticism is upsetting to the authors who have taken the trouble to describe their work for us. But nothing she said or did could undo his sorry fate. Many factors contribute to this sorry state of affairs. I am sorry this conflict is coming just now. This provided, by any reckoning, only sorry comfort. This book examines the whole sorry but fascinating tale in great detail. Parents still grieve and ask in bewilderment why matters have come to such a sorry pass. One may feel vindictive towards or sorry for the other player. Another area where culturally determined usage is observable is the use of sorry on every occasion that requires sympathy. Its purely scientific side is sufficiently good to make one sorry that it was not done better. Hasn't our long, sorry history of exclusion taught us anything? She's just got to make it worse than it is, so everyone will feel sorry for her, and we're tired of it too. He tried to explain how sorry he was, that he really did not mean to do what he had done. The speaker may want to make the hearer feel sorry for her, while not being prepared to acknowledge that that is what she wants. I am sorry to say, the great tendency of this age is to expend its genius in perishable art of this kind. It is a sorry story of the extent to which financial conflicts have permeated medicine. I threw it away feeling sorry to have vainly destroyed a flower that looked beautiful in its proper place. Until recently, the tomb has been neglected to a sorry state. He opened his eyes, looked at his son, and felt sorry for him. English usage books are by and large a sorry lot. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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