英语道歉信的主要内容和经典表达

生活工作中，若因己方失误引起对方不快，或无法答应对方请托给对方造成麻烦，应向对方致歉。道歉信意在以书面形式表示赔礼道歉，从而消除曲解，增进友谊和信赖。该文体的主要内容和经典表达如下:

(1)开门见山，表明写信意图

对某事表示歉意。道歉信中开头段常用句式和表达如下:

I am writing to say sorry/apologize for...

I would like to give you my apology for...

I must apologize about（not）doing sth...

I am writing this letter to express my regret for...

Please accept my sincere apology for...

（2）主体段落

表明歉意，解释具体原因，应展开。在主体段落中，写信人应当在申述理由时照顾读信人的感受，切忌强词夺理。主体段常用句式和表达如下:

I feel very guilty for what I have done to you.

I will try my best not to make such a stupid mistake again.

I will try to prevent something like this from happening again.

I feel awfully sorry about it and want you to know what happened.I＇m indeed very sorry for...，but I have no intention to...

（3）结尾再次表明歉意，请求收信人的谅解

在结尾段还可以建议对自己的过失采取何种补救措施。结尾段常用句式和表达如下:

Once again，I am sorry for any inconvenience caused.

I want to let you know how regretful I am feeling now.(www.xing528.com)

Please allow me to say sorry again.Hope you can accept my apologies and understand my situation.

I am going to do my best to make it up to you.I promise that this mistake will not happen again.

I would appreciate it very much if you could give me a chance to show my sincerity on this matter.

Sample 1

Dear Mr.White，

I’d like to apologize to you for my delayed reply to your invitation.I feel awfully sorry about it and want you to know what happened.I went to Shanghai on business and missed the letter you sent me.

Thank you for sending the invitation to me through E-mail again and sorry for the inconvenience I brought to you.

All the best.

Yours sincerely，

Andrew Liu

Sample 2

Dear Sir/Madam，

I am writing this letter to apologize to you for the mistake I made at work.I want to let you know how regretful I am feeling now.

I know that my fault has brought you great trouble and inconvenience.I’d like to express my deep sorrow for this matter and I am going to do my best to make it up to you.I promise that this mistake will not happen again.

I would appreciate it very much if you could give me a chance to show my sincerity on this matter.

Best regards.

Li Qiang