regret
verb-
to feel sorry about something you have done or about something that you have not been able to do 感到遗憾；惋惜；懊悔 - regret something
If you don't do it now, you'll only regret it. 你如果现在不做，以后一定会后悔的。 The decision could be one he lives to regret. 这一决定也许会有让他后悔的一天。 I soon came to regret my action. 我很快就开始后悔自己的行为。 ‘I've had a wonderful life,’ she said, ‘I don't regret a thing.’ “我一辈子生活得很好，” 她说，“我没什么可遗憾的。” She regretted the words the moment they were out of her mouth. 话一出口，她就后悔了。 - regret doing something
He bitterly regretted ever having mentioned it. 他非常懊悔提起那件事。 I never regretted dropping out of college. 我从没后悔过大学退学。 - regret what, how, etc…
I deeply regret what I said. 我非常后悔说了那些话。 - regret that
I regret that I never got to meet him in person. 很遗憾我始终没能见到他本人。
Extra ExamplesI immediately regretted not asking for his name and address. 我很快就后悔没问他的姓名和住址。 It was a decision she would soon regret. 这是一个她不久就会感到后悔的决定。 Pierre told them some things he later regretted telling. 皮埃尔告诉了他们一些事，后来他对此感到后悔。 She knew that she would live to regret this decision. 她知道自己日后会后悔作出这个决定。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- deeply
- greatly
- …
- begin to
- come to
- grow to
- …
- regret something
- (formal)
used to say in a polite or formal way that you are sorry or sad about a situation （有礼貌地或正式地表示抱歉、痛惜或悲伤） - regret something
The airline regrets any inconvenience. 航空公司对所造成的任何不便表示歉意。 The president said that his country deeply regretted the incident. 总统称整个国家都对这一事件深表遗憾。 The United States regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives. 美国对无辜平民丧生感到遗憾。 - regret that
I regret that I am unable to accept your kind invitation. 很遗憾，我不能接受你的友好邀请。 I very much regret that I cannot be with you this evening. 我很遗憾今晚不能和你在一起。 - regret to do something
We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful. 我们很遗憾地通知您，您的申请未获通过。 I regret to say that we cannot let you have the picture. 我很遗憾地说，我们不能让你有这张照片。 - it is regretted that…
It is to be regretted that so many young people leave school without qualifications. 遗憾的是那么多年轻人肄业离校。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- deeply
- greatly
- …
- begin to
- come to
- grow to
- …
- regret something
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French regreter ‘bewail (the dead)’.
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