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sorry

/sor-ee, sawr-ee/US // ˈsɒr i, ˈsɔr i //UK // (ˈsɒrɪ) //

对不起,抱歉,遗憾的是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    sor·ri·er, sor·ri·est.

    • : feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
    • : regrettable or deplorable; unfortunate; tragic: a sorry situation; to come to a sorry end.
    • : sorrowful, grieved, or sad: Was she sorry when her brother died?
    • : associated with sorrow; suggestive of grief or suffering; melancholy; dismal.
    • : wretched, poor, useless, or pitiful: a sorry horse.
interj.感叹词 interjection
  1. 1
    • : : Sorry, you're misinformed. Did I bump you? Sorry.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.despicable, pathetic

Examples

  • In discussing his two leading characters, he has said, “I didn’t want us to feel sorry for them.”

  • I’m even more sorry to report that Val Curtis, the British hygiene scholar we interviewed, died in October.

  • We are truly sorry, but unfortunately, the vaccine supply is not under our control.

  • To account for travel restrictions between the United States and Canada, the North Division — sorry, the Scotia North Division — is composed of the league’s seven Canadian teams.

  • To attend and then leave, it is, “I’m sorry, I have to go now.”

  • Its biggest asset, of course, is the steely Atwell, who never asks you to feel sorry for Carter despite all the sexism around her.

  • So she lies to the knight, telling him Madalena is sorry and wants him back.

  • I am so sorry that your parents did this to you, developing their own discriminatory take on your existence.

  • Sorry I can't give you more, but at this time our office has no comment,” his spokesman, Sergio Gor, said.

  • “I feel sorry for what she did to Russ and his daughter,” Gill said.

  • Bernard was uncomfortable enough not to care to be mocked; but he felt even more sorry that Gordon should be.

  • "I will," gruffly replied the man, with a look which showed that he was sorry to be forced to choose the second alternative.

  • He felt very sorry for the Temecula people, the sheriff did; but he had to obey the law himself.

  • "I am sorry," she replied instead, not saying a word about the poor little toes which the pretty pink lady had crushed.

  • Meanwhile, as you may well believe, he began to feel very sorry that he had said anything about the verses.