21-11-10 负荆请罪，字面意思是背着荆杖，向当事人请罪（proffer a birch and ask for punishment by flogging），用于赔礼道歉的场合，形容主动向人认错、道歉，自请责罚。可以翻译为offer a humble and sincere apology。 例句： 你最好是负荆请罪，我相信他会原谅你。 Youd b...

16-04-23 Elton John once sang that sorry seemed to be hardest word but now scientists have found that the perfect apology requires more than just the word sorry itself. 英国著名音乐家埃尔顿约翰曾唱到，对不起是最难说出的话。不过现在，科学家研究出最完美的道歉...

15-06-26 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has made his first apology for the deadly attack. 波士顿马拉松爆炸案疑犯焦哈尔查纳耶夫就其发动的致命袭击首次做出道歉。 In making the statement at his official death sentencing, Tsarnaev says he feels sorry fo...

09-09-01 Thousands of people have signed a Downing Street petition calling for a posthumous government apology to World War II code breaker Alan Turing. 成千上万人签署了一项唐宁街请愿书，要求政府对于二战时期的密码破译专家Alan Turing给予正式致歉。 Alan Turing...