apologyの意味・使い方・発音

apology

英 [ə'pɒlədʒɪ] 美 [ə'pɑlədʒi]

apology、弁明、謝罪。

接頭辞 apo-, 離れて、から、相対する。語源log-、言う、語源的にはlectureと同じ。もともとは、自分を弁護する、正当化する。後に、謝罪（謝罪は本質的に一種の正当化である）。

apology: apology: [16] The original meaning of apology was ‘formal self-justification’, often used as the title of a piece of writing rebutting criticism (as in the Apology of Sir Thomas More, knight 1533). This is indicative of the word’s origins in Greek apologíā, a derivative of the verb apologeisthai ‘speak in one’s defence’, formed from the prefix apo- ‘away, off’ and logos ‘speech’ (source of English logic).

It entered English through either French apologie or Latin apologia (which was separately borrowed into English as a Latinism in the late 18th century). The meaning ‘expression of regret for offence given’ developed in the late 16th century.
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apology (n.): early 15c., "defense, justification," from Late Latin apologia, from Greek apologia "a speech in defense," from apologeisthai "to speak in one's defense," from apologos "an account, story," from apo- "from, off" (see apo-) + logos "speech" (see lecture (n.)).

The original English sense of "self-justification" yielded a meaning "frank expression of regret for wrong done," first recorded 1590s, but this was not the main sense until 18c. The old sense tends to emerge in Latin form apologia (first attested in English 1784), especially since J.H. Newman's "Apologia pro Vita Sua" (1864).

1. Nancy wasn 't sure what to make of Mick 's apology .: ナンシーはミックの謝罪をどのように理解すればよいか分からない。

2.Westcott appealed to Waite for an apology ，which he duly received.: ウェストコートはウェイトに謝罪を要求し、望み通りになった。

3.Jones 'lawyers are seeking an unreserved apology from the newspaper.: ジョーンズの弁護士は新聞に率直な謝罪を要求した。