I’m sorry, but all the flights to Athens are fully booked.
很遗憾,所有飞往雅典的航班都订满了。
c)used when you have said something that is not correct, and want to say something that is correct 对不起,应该是〔用于纠正自己说错的话〕
Turn right – sorry left – at the traffic lights.
到红绿灯向右拐——对不起,是向左拐。
d)used when you refuse an offer or request 不好意思,对不起〔用于拒绝别人的提议或请求〕
‘Are you coming to lunch?’ ‘Sorry, no. I’ve got to finish this work.’
“你来吃午饭吗?”“不好意思,不行,我得把这工作做完。”
‘I’ll give you $50 for it.’ ‘Sorry, no deal.’
“我出 50 美元买下它。” “对不起,不行。”
e)used when you disagree with someone, or tell someone that they have done something wrong 很遗憾,很抱歉〔用于表示不同意某人或告诉某人他们做错了某事〕
I’m sorry, but I find that very hard to believe, Miss Brannigan.
对不起,布兰尼根小姐,我觉得那令人难以置信。
Examples from the Corpus
sorry for (doing) something• In a way I felt a bitsorry for him.• Tom Schutte, who does, was very sorry for the confusion, and has been forwarding calls to the appropriatebands.• A minute earlier he had been feeling sorry for the men who were still out on house-to-house questioning.• She says she feels sorry for them.• At that moment in their lives the Childerses could have felt sorry for themselves.• She was sorry for Therese Aschmann, but she had no energy left for anything except getting through her own part.• I rememberdefinitefeelings of not wanting to be felt sorry for, very much wanting everything to carry on as normal.• Your problem is that every time a relationship goes bad, you feel sorry for yourself and become more of a loner.
2ashamed 惭愧的 [not before noun]REGRET/FEEL SORRY feeling ashamed or unhappy about something bad you have done 〔因做了坏事而感到〕惭愧的,歉疚的,过意不去的
sorry for something
She was genuinely sorry for what she had done.
她为自己所做的事真诚地感到歉疚。
sorry (that)
Casey was sorry he’d gotten so angry.
凯西为自己大发脾气而感到愧疚。
say (you are) sorry (=tell someone that you feel bad about hurting them, causing problems etc) 道歉,说抱歉
It was probably too late to say sorry, but she would try anyway.
4FEELING PITY 感到惋惜be/feel sorry for somebodySYMPATHIZEto feel pity or sympathy for someone because something bad has happened to them or because they are in a bad situation 为某人难过,替某人感到惋惜
I’ve got no sympathy for him, but I feel sorry for his wife.
我并不同情他,但我为他妻子感到惋惜。
Tina was sorry for her. She seemed so lonely.
蒂娜为她感到难过,她看起来是那么孤独。
feel sorry for yourself (=feel unhappy and pity yourself) 自我怜悯
It’s no good feeling sorry for yourself. It’s all your own fault.
你自怨自艾没有用,这都是你自己的过错。
Examples from the Corpus
feel sorry for yourself• Andy was drinking too much again, and feeling sorry for himself.• Stop blaming other people and feeling sorry for yourself.• All the same, I had sorefeet and was feeling sorry for myself.• All those people dead and there we were, busy doing nothing except feeling sorry for ourselves.• At that moment in their lives the Childerses could have felt sorry for themselves.• Emily shook back a straycurl of hair and held herself upright, she must stop feeling sorry for herself.• Your problem is that every time a relationship goes bad, you feel sorry for yourself and become more of a loner.• The coldshops with their sad gas-lamps were full of Christmas shoppersfeeling sorry for themselves, and shoplifters having a field-day.• Instead of sitting around feeling sorry for herself, she decided to learn to cook.• He feels sorry for himself, torn between two jealousies.
5sad/disappointed 伤心/失望的 [not before noun]DISAPPOINTED feeling sad about a situation, and wishing it were different 后悔的,懊悔的;难过的
sorry (that)
Brigid was always sorry she hadn’t kept up her piano lessons.
布里吉德一直后悔没有坚持上钢琴课。
sorry to do something
We were sorry to miss your concert.
我们很遗憾没有去听你的音乐会。
I won’t be sorry to leave this place.
我不会后悔离开这个地方。
sorry to hear/see/learn
I was sorry to hear about your accident.
听到你出了事我感到很难过。
sorry about
I’m so sorry about your father (=sorry something bad has happened to him).
我为你父亲感到难过。
6you’ll be sorryspokenREGRET/FEEL SORRY used to tell someone that they will soon wish they had not done something, especially because someone will be angry or punish them 你会后悔的
You’ll be sorry when your dad hears about this.
等你爸知道这件事,你就要后悔了。
Examples from the Corpus
you’ll be sorry• You'll be sorry when your dad hears about this.
7I’m sorry to say (that)spokenDISAPPOINTED used to say that you are disappointed that something has happened 很遗憾,真叫人失望
I wrote several times but they never replied, I’m sorry to say.
我给他们写了好几封信,可是他们从不回信,真叫人失望。
8very bad 很糟的 [only before noun]BAD very bad, especially in a way that makes you feel pity or disapproval 很糟的;可怜的,可悲的
the sorry state of the environment
糟糕的环境状况
It’s a sorry state of affairs when an old lady has to wait 12 hours to see a doctor.
一个老太太看病要等上12个小时,这情形很可悲。
the sorry sight of so many dead animals
大量动物尸体的悲惨景象
This whole sorry episode (=bad thing that happened) shows just how incompetent the government has become.
You are sorry about something bad that has happened:
I’m sorry about what I said.
I’m sorry about your car (=sorry that your car has been damaged).
You are sorry for the delay, the inconvenience, or the trouble:
The next train will arrive in 12 minutes. We are sorry for the delay.
You are sorry for doing something bad:
I’m sorry for upsetting you.
You are sorry that you did something or sorry that something happened:
I’m sorry that I can’t come.
‘That’ can be omitted:
I’m sorry you didn’t get the job.
✗Don’t say: I’m sorry for I can’t come.
If you are sorry to do something, it makes you sad to do it:
I’ll be sorry to leave this place.
✗Don’t say: I’ll be sorry for leaving this place.
5FREQUENCY 使用频率
Examples from the Corpus
sorry• Oh, sorry, am I sitting in your chair?• Later he was sorry, and much later he was appreciative.• Sorry, but that part is out of stock.• Well, I'm sorry, but to me, drugs are just not funny.• This wholesorryepisode shows just how bad things have become.• But I can't feel sorry for him.• I feel sorry for the besotted, exhaustedbusinessmen, but it is the schoolkids on the train who break my heart.• I am sorryMa has missed this, she would have been proud of me.• The whole thing was a sorryspectacle.• Sir Oliver is sorry to hear that; but would he not be too smartly dressed to look like a money-lender?• Jim Maier was sorry to see him go.• Turn in your pink form - sorry, your green form - by tomorrow.
say (you are) sorry• I always want to say sorry.• I want you to say you are sorry again to Jerb.• Everybody says sorry and life goes on - it's that banal.• The Churchsays sorry ... but vicar in graveyardrowsticks to his guns.• He said that while he deeply regretted the past he could not say sorry for the actions of others.• In his clumsy, fumbling way he needed to say sorry for what had happened at the club the night before.• He don't say sorry or nothing, even though he did it quite hard.
sorry about• We're sorry about all the mess, Mom.• Sorry about that. I'll buy you a new one.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤be, feel, seem, sound難過;感到遺憾;好像過意不去;聽起來懊悔▸➤make sb使某人懊悔◇I'll make you sorry you were ever born!我會讓你後悔來到了這個世上!ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常難過◇Beth was feeling fairly sorry for them.貝絲頗為他們難過。➤awfully, deeply, desperately, dreadfully, genuinely, sincerely, terribly, truly非常抱歉;深感懊悔;十分難過;極為遺憾◇I'm awfully sorry Jane can't come with us.簡不能與我們一起去,我覺得十分遺憾。◇I'm terribly sorry. I didn't catch your name.非常抱歉,我沒有聽清你的名字。◇He was sincerely sorry for the distress he had caused.他為自己所造成的不幸深感懊悔。➤almost幾乎後悔◇She was almost sorry to stop work.她對不再工作有點兒後悔了。➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些遺憾◇Mitch felt slightly sorry for himself.米奇有些為自己感到遺憾。PREPOSITION➤about為⋯抱歉◇I'm sorry about the noise.吵到你了,真抱歉。◇I'm sorry about your mother. I hope she'll soon be better.你母親的事我感到很遺憾,真希望她能快點兒好。➤for為⋯感到慚愧/難過◇She is obviously deeply sorry for what she has done.很明顯,她對自己的所作所為深感愧疚。◇I feel really sorry for John.我為約翰感到十分難過。PHRASES➤be sorry to disappoint sb讓某人失望很抱歉◇I am sorry to disappoint you.很抱歉,讓你失望了。➤be sorry to hear about sth/that...聽到⋯很難過◇We were incredibly sorry to hear about his death.得知他的死訊,我們深感遺憾。➤be sorry to interrupt (sb/sth)打擾⋯很抱歉▸➤better safe than sorry穩妥總比後悔好
sorry ♦︎ I'm afraid ♦︎ bad ♦︎ guilty ♦︎ apologetic ♦︎ ashamedThese words all describe people who feel sad because of sth wrong they have done or because of sth unpleasant or disappointing that has happened.这些词均表示歉疚的、遗憾的。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达歉疚的程度
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆sorry / bad / guilty / apologetic / ashamed about sth◆to feel sorry / bad / guilty / ashamed that...◆I'm sorry / afraid that...◆to feel bad / guilty / apologetic / ashamed◆to look guilty / apologetic / ashamed◆very sorry / bad / guilty / apologetic / ashamed◆deeply sorry / apologetic / ashamed◆really / quite / rather sorry / bad / guilty / ashamed◆almost / slightly guilty / apologetic / ashamed■sorry [not before noun] (especiallyspoken) feeling sadness and shame about sth wrong that you have done歉疚;惭愧;过意不去◆We're very sorry about the damage to your car.损坏了你的汽车,我们真是过意不去。◆She was sorry that she'd lost her temper.她为自己发了脾气而感到愧疚。◆If you say you're sorry we'll forgive you.你要是道歉,我们就原谅你。ⓘ If you say I'm/We're sorry you mean that you realize that you have done wrong and that you would like sb to forgive you. If you tell sb that they should say sorry, you mean that they should do this. If you say that sb is sorry that sth has happened, you mean that they regret it, and that they wish that it hadn't happened.自己说I'm/We're sorry,表示自己认识到做错了事而道歉;让某人say sorry,表示他们应该道歉;说某人be sorry that ...则表示他们感到遗憾,并希望这事没有发生。■I'm afraid
idiom
(spoken) used as a polite way of telling sb sth that is unpleasant or disappointing, or that you are sorry about(礼貌地说出令人不快、失望或感到遗憾的事)我怕,恐怕,很遗憾,对不起◆I can't help you, I'm afraid.对不起,我帮不了你的忙。◆I'm afraid we can't come.很遗憾,我们来不了。◆'Is there any left?' 'I'm afraid not.'“还有剩的没有?”“恐怕没有。”◆'Will it hurt?' 'I'm afraid so.'“痛不痛?”“恐怕会痛。”■bad (always used after the verb feel总是用在动词feel后面) (ratherinformal, especiallyspoken) feeling shame because you have done sth that you know is wrong or have not done sth that you should have done感到愧疚;感到羞愧◆She felt bad about leaving him.她因离开他而感到歉疚。◆Why should I want to make you feel bad?我干吗要让你自责呢?■guiltyfeeling shame because you have done sth wrong or have not done sth that you should have done感到内疚的;感到惭愧的◆I felt guilty about not visiting my parents more often.我因没能多去看望父母而感到内疚。◆I had a guilty conscience and could not sleep.我问心有愧,睡不着觉。 see also guilt ⇨ guilt■apologeticəˌpɒləˈdʒetɪk; NAmEəˌpɑːləˈdʒetɪkfeeling or showing that you are sorry for having done sth wrong or for causing a problem道歉的;谢罪的;愧疚的◆'Sorry,' she said, with an apologetic smile.她歉然一笑,说:“对不起。”◆They were very apologetic about the trouble they'd caused.他们对所惹的麻烦深感愧疚。 see also apologize ⇨ apologize▸apologetically
adverb
◆'I'm sorry I'm late,' he murmured apologetically.“对不起,我迟到了。”他小声道歉。■ashamed [not before noun] feeling shame or embarrassment about sb/sth or because of sth you have done惭愧;羞愧;尴尬◆She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party.她对自己在聚会上的行为深感惭愧。◆You should be ashamed of yourself for telling such lies.你撒这种谎应该感到羞愧。OPPshameless,unabashed,unashamed ⇨ cool see also shame ⇨ guilt