apologize

1. V-I When you apologize to someone, you say that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them. You can say "I apologize" as a formal way of saying sorry. 表達歉意

I apologize for being late, but I have just had a message from the hospital. 我為遲到表示歉意，但我剛得到了來自醫(yī)院的一個消息。

He apologized to the people who had been affected. 他向受到了影響的人道了歉。