Dear Prof. Patent,
I am very sorry to inform you that I did not manage to complete the book report you assigned last week, due to a sudden illness falling upon me a few days ago. For the past few days I have been in hospital with a continuous fever, which has thus prevented me from any academic activity. I hereby submit the doctor's note.
I would be very much obliged if you could grant me another week for the task, as my health is turning better.
Hope you can understand my situation and accept my apology.
Yours faithfully,
general apologies 一般道歉用语
1、 excuse me. 请原谅。
2、 i’m so sorry. 很抱歉。
3、 i’m awfully sorry. 非常抱歉。
4、 i’m terribly sorry about that. 为此我非常抱歉。
5、 i apologize. 我道歉。
6、 my apologies. 我道歉。
7、 please forgive me. 请原谅。
8、 i hope you will excuse me. 希望你能原谅我。
9、 it seems i owe you an apology. 好像我该向你道个歉。
10、 you have my sincere apology. 我诚心诚意向你道歉。
11、 please accept my sincere apology. 请接受我诚心诚意的道歉。
12、 i can’t tell you how sorry i am. 我真的是很抱歉。
13、 you cannot believe how sorry i am. 你不知道我感到多么抱歉。
14、 words cannot describe how sorry i am. 语言无法描述我对你的歉意。
15、 i just don’t know what to say. 我真不知该说什么好。
16、 i really feel bad about it. 我真的感到很内疚。
apologizing for bothering someone 因打扰对方而致意。
1、 sorry to be a bother. 不好意思打扰你。
2、 sorry to be a pest. 不好意思打扰你。
3、 sorry to disturb you again. 抱歉， 又来打扰你。
4、 i’m sorry, i didn’t mean to bother you. 对不起，真不想打扰你。
5、 i’m afraid i’ve brought you a lot of trouble.
恐怕我给你带来了不少麻烦。
6、 my son must have put you to a lot of trouble.
我儿子一定给你带来不少麻烦。
7、 i’m sorry to have caused you so much inconvenience.
给你造成诸多不便，我很抱歉。
8、 sorry about the inconvenience. 对不起添麻烦了。
apologizing for one’s mistake 因自己的'过失而道歉。
1、 i’m sorry for what i’ve done. 我为我的所作所为向你道歉。
2、 i shouldn’t have done that. 我不该那么做。
3、 i should have asked you first. 我应该先征得你的同意。
4、 i honestly didn’t mean it. 我的确不是故意的。
5、 i didn’t mean to do that. 我并不想要那么做。
6、 i didn’t mean it that way. 事情闹成那样并非我的本意。
7、 i don’t know haw that could have happened.
我不知道怎么会发生那样的事。
8、 you were right and i was wrong. i apologize.
你是对的， 我错了。 我道歉。
9、 it’s my fault. i really feel bad about it.
是我的错。 我真的感到很难过。
10、 it’s all my fault. i’ll try to make it up to you.
这事儿全怪我。 我会尽力补救。
11、 my mistake. it won’t happen again.
是我的错。 不会再发生类似的事情了。
12、 it was so stupid of me. i really do apologize.
非常抱歉， 我当时真糊涂。
13、 i’m sorry, i spoke out of turn.
对不起，我说错话了。 （out of turn: : 轻率，不合时宜）
dear mary,
i’m very sorry for not having replied to your july 6th letter sooner. when your letter arrived, i was in beijing. as my secretary couldn’t forward it to me, it has been lying on my desk until i got back.
look forward to catching up and once again apologize for the delay.
sincerely,
tom
Dear Martin,
I am looking forward to your visit. Just think, after all these years of writing to each other, we will finally have the chance to meet! However, I am sorry that I will not be able to meet you at the airport as soon as you arrive.
The reason is that your flight will arrive early in the morning, and the earliest I can get To the airport will be about an hour after you land. Please wait for me in the arrival lounge. You should be able to have breakfast there while you wait.
By the way, as we have never met I must tell you how to recognize me. I am of medium height and have a small moustache. In addition, I will be carrying a copy of the morning newspaper tucked under my left arm.
Looking forward to our meeting.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
Dear Charlie,
Kindly excuse me for my not being able to see you off at the airport this Saturday as I have promised. A major business partner of our company will be attending an important conference in Xiamen this weekend, and my boss finally chooses me to accompany him there to negotiate about a new transaction.
I have just been informed of this plan and am happy about the decisionthis is an opportunity to both display and enhance my abilities, so I am afraid I cannot be present at the airport. Pursuing study overseas is an essential step in the accomplishment of your dream.
dear frank:
i am terribly sorry to tell you that i have lost the valuable book you were so kind to lend me last week. i read it everyday and intended to finish it next month. last night when i came to my room, it was nowhere to be found. i will try to recover it as soon as possible. if i fail to find it, i will get a new book for you.
Distinguished guests:
Welcome to our hotel, the hotel expressed very thanks. As the hotel has recently opened, there are inadequacies in the service and decoration, hope you give more understanding, and this inconvenience to you, I would like to express my sincere apologies.
Your advice to us:
We know the customer-oriented brand concept, it is also your comments, let us see the service quality defects, once again thank you for your comments, we will improve and strengthen the corresponding business processes in the future of management training.
We look forward to seeing you again.