rue

verb

/ruː/

(old-fashioned or formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they rue	/ruː/ /ruː/
he / she / it rues	/ruːz/ /ruːz/
past simple rued	/ruːd/ /ruːd/
past participle rued	/ruːd/ /ruːd/
-ing form rueing	/ˈruːɪŋ/ /ˈruːɪŋ/
-ing form ruing	/ˈruːɪŋ/ /ˈruːɪŋ/

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rue something to feel bad about something that happened or something that you did because it had bad results对…感到懊恼；懊悔 synonym regret
- He rued the day they had bought such a large house.他懊悔他们买了这样大的一所房子。
Word OriginOld English hrēow ‘repentance’, hrēowan ‘affect with contrition’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw ‘mourning’ and German Reue ‘remorse’.