I'm bowdlerizing it — just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset.
我在對(duì)它作些改動(dòng)——只是改換個(gè)別字眼，好讓聽眾更容易接受。
The version of the play that I saw had been dreadfully bowdlerized.
我所看到的劇本版本已被刪改得面目全非。
The best thing to do would be to apologize.
最恰當(dāng)?shù)淖龇☉?yīng)該是道歉。
We would like to apologize for the delay.
我們?cè)笇?duì)延遲表示歉意。
I was trying to apologize but it came out wrong.
我是想要道歉，可是話一出口卻變了味兒。
The airline apologized and bumped us up to first class.
航空公司道歉后把我們掉換到頭等艙。