2 [C, usually pl.l information that you cannot go to a meeting or must leave early (因禾能赴会或提离会 的}致歉：The meeting started with apologiesthe names of people who said they could not go to the meeting).备议一•开始就宣布r请假缺席片的名¹丫，。〇 {formal) She made her apologies and left early. i

就提前离开 TV make no a'pology/a'pologics for

sth if you say that you make no apology/apologies for sth, you mean that you do not feel that you have said or done sth wrong (对某_)无可道歉，土讣丨丨J认 apo.plec.ticAaepa’plektik/〇〇(/_. 1 very angry A：怒的； 十分生气的：He was apoplectic iviY/i ra^e af (fed.s/m!. 4 对这个决定异常偾怒。2 (o/c/-/fls/7/o/7ec〇 connected with apoplexy 中风的；卒中的：an a/)〇pfecf/c «ff’ack/ 月t中风的发作

apo.plexy /'aepapleksi/ noun [U] {old-fashioned) the sudden loss of the ability to feel or move caused by an injury in the brain 中风；卒中 K771 a strokk aporia /a'poiria/ noun {technical ^ i#) a situation in which two or more parts of a theory or argument do not agree, meaning that the theory or argument cannot be true悖论（理论或论据的自相矛质）^；

apos-tate /a'pDsteit; NAmE a'pa:s-/ noun {format) a person who has rejected their religious or political beliefs 叛教者；脱党者；变节者►apos.tasy/9^lpt⁾stasi; NAmE a'pars-/ noun [U]

a pos-teri-ori /,ei ,pDsteri'o:rai; NAmE ,pa:s-/ adj., adv. (from Latin, formal) analysing sth by starting from known facts and then thinking about the possible causes of the facts, for example saying ‘Look, the streets are wet so it must have been raining.’ 从讲实推 断原因；由果及因一compare a priori apos-tle /a'posl; NAmE 0'paisl/ noun 1 Apostle any one of the twelve men that Christ chose to tell people about him and his teachings宗徒，使徒（耶稣卜二门徒之•） 2 〜(of sth) a person who strongly believes in a

policy or an idea and tries to make other people believe in it (政策或思想的）倡导者，鼓吹者：an aposrte 〇/ 介ee enterprise自由念业的鼓吹者 apos-tolic /.aepa'stDlik; NAmE -'sta:lik/ adj. [technical t|<; 语）1 connected with the Apostles or their teaching 宗徒的；使徒的；传自宗徒的2 connected with the Pope or Popes, who are considered to have had authority passed down to them from Christ’s Apostles 罗乌教 4 的;宗座的

apos-tro-phe /a'pDStrafi; NAmE a'pais-/ noun 1 the mark (*) used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been left out, as in she's for she is and '63 for 7963 撇号；省字符 2 the mark (’）used before or after the letter ⁴s^? to show that sth belongs to sb, as in Sflm’s and fhe Arses’ to/7s 撇号；所有格符兮 3 the mark (’）used before the letter ‘s’ to show the piural of a letter or number, as in How many 3's are there in 9? and 7>7ere ore two rr?’s />? 'comma’.撇号；复数符号

apostro phize [BrE also -ise) /a'pDstrafaiz; NAmE a'pais-/ verb [VN] 1 to address what you are saying, or a poem, a speech in a play, etc. to a particular person 对…说；向…诵诗（或台词等）2 to add apostrophes to a piece of writing 给（词 > 加撇号 apoth-ecary /a'pDGekari; NAmE a'paiGakeri/ noun {pi. -ies) a person who made and sold medicines in the past (旧时制药兼售药的>药剂师，药商

apothe-osis /a,pD0i'0〇sis; NAmE 0,pa:0i'ou-/ noun [usually sing.] {pi. apotheoses /-si:z/) (format) 1 the highest or most perfect development of sth 鼎® 时期；发知 |^〗j(峰； 完美命段 ² the best time in sb’s life or career (人彳丨.:.成 事业沾）嶺峰 3 a formal statement that a person has become a god (指人）册封为神，尊奉为神，神化r the apotheosis 〇/a Roman £mperor 册封罗马皇帝为神 app /sep/ abbr. application

appal (Br£) (NAmE ap-pall) /a'poil/ verb (-II-) to shock sb very much }吏大为 S%;诠條骇 EEd horrify : fVN| The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. '|(i ^ f 之残暴使公众夫为震惊。◊ The idea 〇/ sharing a room appaHed her.合住一个房间的想法使她命骇。◊丨VN thatl It appalled me that they could simply ignore the probiem.他们竟然对问题置之不理，令我非常咤异。〖also VN to inf]