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词汇 example_english_only-regret
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only regret

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meanings of onlyand regret


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only
adjective[before noun]
uk /ˈəʊn.li/ us /ˈoʊn.li/
used to show that there is a single one or very few of something, or that there are ...
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regret
noun[C or U]
uk /rɪˈɡret/ us /rɪˈɡret/
a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong or about a mistake that you have made, and a wish that it could have been different ...
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Examples of only regret


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My onlyregret about the book is that it is so overburdened with theory.
My onlyregret is that the papers are very different in nature.
My onlyregret in this context is that the references have been kept to a minimum.
My onlyregret is that the final program has such an imperative flavour.
We can onlyregret this.
My onlyregret is that the funding provided will not be sufficient to accomplish the huge and important task we have set ourselves.
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We onlyregret that he has been so long coming to it.
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I onlyregret that my colleagues have not proposed to increase the amount which the malefactor should have to pay.
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My onlyregret is that it does not go far enough.
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I onlyregret that no response came from the other side.
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I onlyregret that he did not tell me personally that the matter was coming on.
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We onlyregret that he did not feel able to do so.
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My onlyregret is that they do not go a good deal further.
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My onlyregret is that it evoked the speech to which we have just listened.
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My onlyregret is that we do not have more time to discuss it.
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My onlyregret is that the tax is not severe enough.
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I onlyregret that so much damage has been done because the policy was not pursued much earlier.
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I onlyregret that it was not done earlier.
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My onlyregret is that he did not follow it up by action.
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I can onlyregret that he was such a young man when he died.
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