英语作为全球通用语言，书面表达能力是必须掌握的核心技能，而道歉信正是其中既实用又考验措辞的常见场景。本文精选了几篇附中文翻译的英语道歉信范文，涵盖临时爽约、迟复信件、借书未还等日常交际中的典型致歉情境。每篇均提供英文原文与中文对照，便于读者直接参考或灵活套用。

范文一

Dear Miss Nancy,

Much to my regret I was unable to keep my promise to attend your birthday party last Saturday, owing to the fact that my little son was suddenly taken ill early that day.

Hoping to see you soon.

Truly yours,

Tom

亲爱的南希小姐：

小儿上周六突然生病，因此未能如约参加您的生日宴会，深感抱歉。希望很快能再见到您。

范文二

Dear David:

I am afraid that you will think me unpardonably negligent in not having answered your letter dated 7 December sooner, but when I have told you the reason, I trust you will be convinced that the neglect was excusable. When your letter arrived, I was just in Hong Kong. As my family could not forward it to me during my absence, it has been, therefore, lying on my desk until the moment when I took it up. Now the first thing I have to hasten to do is to write to you these few lines to express my deep regret.

I enjoyed many pleasant sights during my trip. I shall be pleased to give you an account of them when I see you next.

Sincerely yours,

Tom

亲爱的戴维：

请原谅我未能及时回复您12月7日的来信。现将原因说明，相信您一定会谅解。您的信到达时，我恰好在香港，家人无法转寄。信件一直放在我的书桌上，直到我回来才看到，因此拖延至今才回信，深表歉意。

这次旅行我饱览了许多美丽景色，下次见面时，一定向您一一讲述。

范文三

Dear Kate:

Excuse me for my long delaying in returning to you your Robinson Crusoe which I read through with great interest. I had finished reading the book and was about to return it when my cousin came to see me. Never having seen the book, she was so interested in it that I had to retain it longer. However, I hope that in view of the additional delight thus afforded by your book, you will overlook my negligence in not returning it sooner.

Thanking you again for the loan.

Sincerely yours,

Tom

亲爱的凯特：

请原谅我迟迟未能归还您的那本《鲁滨逊漂流记》。我读得津津有味，原本打算读完就归还，但我的表妹来访，从未见过这本书，非常感兴趣，于是又借给她读。为了让更多人分享您这本书的乐趣，我未能及时归还。希望您不会介意我再延迟几天奉还。

再次感谢您的慷慨借阅。