I'm bowdlerizing it — just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset.
我在對它作些改動——只是改換個別字眼，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?shù)淖龇☉撌堑狼浮?/p>
We would like to apologize for the delay.
我們愿對延遲表示歉意。
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。