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BNC: 870 COCA: 1205

sorry

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
sorry /ˈsɑri/ adjective
sorrier; sorriest
sorry
/ˈsɑri/
adjective
sorrier; sorriest
Learner's definition of SORRY
[more sorry; most sorry]
: feeling sorrow or regret难过的;遗憾的
used to express polite regret抱歉,对不起(用于礼貌地表达歉意)
used to introduce disappointing or bad news in a polite way不好意思,抱歉(用于礼貌地引入令人失望或不好的消息)
used as an apology for a minor fault or offense (such as bumping into someone)对不起(用于因小失误或冒犯而致歉)
used as a polite way of asking someone to repeat something spoken什么(用于礼貌地请求对方再说一遍)
used to introduce a correction to what you have said or written不对,抱歉(用于更正之前所说或所写的内容)
always used before a noun
: very bad or poor糟糕的;不好的
: causing feelings of disappointment or pity使人失望的;令人遗憾的;可怜的
BNC: 870 COCA: 1205

sorry

adjective

sor·​ry ˈsär-ē How to pronounce sorry (audio)
ˈsȯr-
sorrier; sorriest
1
a
: feeling sorrow or sympathy
I'm so sorry for your loss.
We were very sorry to hear the news.
She felt sorry for him. [=she felt sympathy and concern for him because of his situation, problems, etc.]
He told me to stop feeling sorry for myself. [=to stop indulging in self-pity]
b
: feeling regret or penitence
He was sorry about what he had said.
"I wanted to apologize," she said, "for my abominable rudeness in laughing at you just now. It was idiotic of me and I don't know why I did it. I'm sorry." P. G. Wodehouse
"… I'm so sorry, but the tongs were too hot, and so I've made a mess," groaned poor Jo, regarding the little black pancakes with tears of regret. Louisa May Alcott
I am sorry we have ever differed, and extremely sorry I have ever given you offence. Charles Dickens
used to express polite regret
I'm sorry, but I think you're wrong.I'm sorry to interrupt you.
used to introduce disappointing or bad news in a polite way
I'm sorry, but we won't be able to come.
used as an apology for a minor fault or offense
Oh, sorry—that was clumsy of me.I'm late again. Sorry about that. [=I'm sorry; I apologize]
2
: mournful, sad
Rilla remembered one moonlit evening of childhood when she had said to her mother, "The moon just looks like a sorry, sorry face." Lucy Maud Montgomery
3
: inspiring sorrow, pity, scorn, or ridicule : pitiful
Their affairs were in a sorry state.
Lawrence blushed, and then smiled awkwardly. A man in love is a sorry spectacle. Agatha Christie
In view of the sorry treatment of the Native Americans of the US, it is time that their voice was heard a little more clearly in contemporary American society. Tim Flannery
… had been on her way to work when her rusted-out, … sorry excuse for a car … choked on its last drop of gasoline, then died. Ingrid Law
sorrily
ˈsär-ə-lē How to pronounce sorry (audio)
ˈsȯr-
adverb
sorriness noun
Choose the Right Synonym for sorry

contemptible, despicable, pitiable, sorry, scurvy mean arousing or deserving scorn.

contemptible may imply any quality provoking scorn or a low standing in any scale of values.

a contemptible liar

despicable may imply utter worthlessness and usually suggests arousing an attitude of moral indignation.

a despicable crime

pitiable applies to what inspires mixed contempt and pity.

a pitiable attempt at tragedy

sorry may stress pitiable inadequacy or may suggest wretchedness or sordidness.

this rattletrap is a sorry excuse for a car

scurvy adds to despicable an implication of arousing disgust.

a scurvy crew of hangers-on

Example Sentences

I'm sorry if I offended you. She was sorry to hear about their divorce. I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sorry for saying that. I'm sorry that I wasted your time. What a sorry state of affairs we're in now. That's the sorriest excuse I've heard. See More
Recent Examples on the Web On the one hand (sorry), there are the vaccine double-downers. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2022 Genuinely sorry to see so many great people go, but, at the end of the day, only two are going through. Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022 The three-month outlook shows increased chances for above-average temperatures for all of Alabama and for much of the U.S. (sorry). Leigh Morgan, al, 1 Sep. 2022 But Shadow Mountain football players aren't feeling sorry for themselves. Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2022 Also daunting though, to recognize the challenges that this disruptive sorry to use the word economy is is presenting us. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022 And look at the sorry state of our roads—someone graffitied the asphalt with white lines! Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2022 The ensuing four acts are then structured around Chromatica itself, interspersed with songs from The Fame, The Fame Monster and Born This Way mostly (sorry to the Artpop or Joanne devotees: cuts from those albums were left off the setlist entirely). Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2022 For his part, Vance Barlow is sorry to see Allred go. Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English sory, from Old English sārig, from sār sore

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sorry was before the 12th century
BNC: 870 COCA: 1205
sorry

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES VERBSbe, 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!ADVERBextremely, 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。PREPOSITIONabout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。PHRASESbe 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

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