道歉(say one is sorry，as for a fault or caus-ing trouble or pain)[I，I+prep(to)(for)]：You forgot to～，Jim.吉姆，你忘记道歉了。You needn't～.你不必道歉。I've come to～to you.我是来向你道歉的。～for one's late arrival/an offence/a fault/not coming sooner/calling too late 为来晚了/冒犯了人/过错/没有早点来/电话打晚了而道歉;I must～for the inefficient secretary that I sent you.我必须为给你派来的秘书能力不强而道歉。～to sb for one's rudeness/one's rude behaviour/one's being late/one's stepping on his foot 为无礼/无礼行为/迟到/踩了脚向某人道歉;

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