ADJECTIVE | ... OF REGRET | VERB + REGRET | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, bitter, deep, genuine, great, profound, real, sincere深深的懊悔;真誠的悔恨;非常遺憾◇Her biggest regret was that she had never had children.她最大的遺憾莫過於自己從未生過孩子。◇She expressed deep regret at the incident.對這一事件,她深表遺憾。... OF REGRET➤pang, stab, tinge, twinge (especially NAmE) 一陣悔恨;一絲遺憾VERB + REGRET➤feel, have感到後悔◇I have absolutely no regrets about resigning.對辭職一事,我一點兒都不後悔。➤express, show表示遺憾;顯出悔恨➤send去信表示遺憾◇He sends his regrets about missing our 45th reunion.因為不能參加我們的第 45 次重聚,他捎信來表示遺憾。PREPOSITION➤to your regret抱歉;遺憾◇To my regret, I lost touch with her years ago.令我遺憾的是多年前就和她失去了聯繫。➤with regret遺憾地◇It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Mr Fred Fisher.我們沉痛地宣佈弗雷德・費希爾先生的死訊。➤without regret毫不遺憾◇She thought of them without regret.想起他們時,她沒有絲毫惋惜的感覺。➤regret about, regret over對⋯遺憾◇She showed no regret about leaving her country.離開祖國, 她沒顯示出絲毫遺憾。➤regret at因⋯深表惋惜◇my sincere regret at what has happened我對所發生的一切由衷惋惜➤regret for為⋯感到遺憾◇She enjoyed living alone, but felt a tiny pang of regret for her mother's cooking.她喜歡自己獨住,但吃不到母親做的飯又有點兒遺憾。PHRASES➤expression of regret懊悔的表示◇The police offered no expression of regret at his wrongful arrest.警方對錯抓他沒表示出絲毫歉意。➤a matter for regret, a matter of regret (especially BrE) 讓人遺憾的事情◇I never learned to play an instrument and that's a matter of some regret. (BrE) 我從未學過彈奏樂器,這的確讓人有些遺憾。regret
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ADVERB | VERB + REGRETADVERB➤bitterly, deeply, greatly, really, seriously, sincerely, truly, very much特別後悔;深為後悔;極為遺憾;真心後悔◇The president said that his country deeply regretted the incident.總統稱整個國家都對這一事件深表遺憾。➤rather相當後悔➤immediately, instantly立即/馬上後悔◇I immediately regretted not asking for his name and address.我很快就後悔沒問他的姓名和住址。➤quickly, soon很快後悔◇It was a decision she would soon regret.這是一個她不久就會感到後悔的決定。➤later後來後悔◇Pierre told them some things he later regretted telling.皮埃爾告訴了他們一些事,後來他對此感到後悔。➤never從不後悔VERB + REGRET➤begin to開始後悔▸➤come to, grow to, live to開始悔恨;早晚會後悔◇She knew that she would live to regret this decision.她知道自己日後會後悔作出這個決定。➤seem to似乎後悔