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词汇 example_english_regrettable-situation
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regrettable situation

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meanings of regrettableand situation


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regrettable
adjective
uk /rɪˈɡret.ə.bəl/ us /rɪˈɡret̬.ə.bəl/
making you feel sad and sorry ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk /ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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Examples of regrettable situation


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Prominent among the reasons for this regrettablesituation are perverse subsidies.
I believe this is a very regrettablesituation.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I would also like to draw attention to the regrettablesituation that has developed there.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
That is a regrettablesituation, and we have demonstrated our understanding.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
That represents a considerable improvement in a very regrettablesituation.
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I stress to him that that regrettablesituation would arise under whatever form of management is chosen for the dockyard.
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That is a further manifestation of the regrettablesituation and one that we would like to see changed.
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Officials are considering a number of measures to improve the present regrettablesituation.
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The correction of this anachronistic and regrettablesituation is urgent.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
In that regrettablesituation we have to ask the practical question, what is the best thing to do.
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However, what can we, as parliamentarians, do about that regrettablesituation?
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These two factors have led to this most regrettablesituation.
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These figures show the regrettablesituation into which housing has been permitted to relapse in this country.
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It was a most regrettablesituation that existed in the past when competing teams of divers engaged in fighting.
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There is thus a regrettablesituation at the moment even with resale price maintenance.
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This is a most regrettablesituation, but it should have been tackled many years ago.
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Is there any way in which this regrettablesituation can be overcome?
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There has been a regrettablesituation in the negotiations in the last two days, which is not on the best lines of establishing good relations.
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We find ourselves in the regrettablesituation of having introduced the fee without the quality of consultation that we might have hoped for.
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That is a regrettablesituation because these questions have arisen in the minds of people when there is no need for them to exist.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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