我替她向你道个歉
“I apologize to you on her behalf.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
冒犯你的地方
“offended you in any way,”
我 替 她 向 你 道个歉
“I apologize to you on her behalf.”
如果她违法犯罪了
“If she commits a crime or breaks the law,”
“She went too far, but please let it go for my sake.”
Stepping in to apologize for a close associate or family member is a social tactic aimed at saving face and urging the aggrieved party to show magnanimity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to apologize to someone on behalf of someone else
A standard, polite syntactic frame used when mediating or taking responsibility for another person's misdeed.
to offer an apology
The insertion of 'ge' softens the formality, making the apology sound more conversational.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let me apologize on his behalf.”
“I apologize on behalf of my mom, to you and your mom.”
“He asked me to apologize to you too.”