| 词汇 | regret |
| 释义 | regret noun[ C or U ] uk /rɪˈɡret/ us /rɪˈɡret/ B2 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 and better: 懊悔，遗憾;惋惜;痛惜 I left school at 16, but I've had a great life and I have no regrets.我16岁就辍学了，但是我的人生很成功，我没有什么可遗憾的。 The manager expressed deep regret at/for the number of staff reductions.被裁减的员工人数众多，对此经理深表遗憾。 We think, much to our regret (= and we are very sorry about this), that we will not be able to visit you next year.我们觉得，明年可能没法到你们家去做客了，真是遗憾。 to apologize for something apologizeUKI apologise for the error. say sorryHe didn't even say sorry. sorryI forgot your name, sorry. make an apologyThe president made an apology to the people of Japan in a public speech. express regretHe later expressed regret for portraying sharks as creatures that target human beings. send (someone)your regrets to send a polite message that you cannot go to a party, etc.: （因为不能赴会等）（向某人）表示歉意，致歉辞谢 We did have an invitation, but we had to send Graham our regrets.我们确实收到了请柬，但是我们脱不开身，不得不向格雷厄姆致歉辞谢。 A funeral can amplify the feelings of regret and loss for the relatives.葬礼可以渲染生者痛失亲人的哀悼之情。 I have a tinge of regret that I didn't accept her offer. There was an overtone of regret in his farewell speech.他的告别演说中流露出遗憾之意。 She left her job with no regrets. Do you have any regrets about the way things worked out? Sadness and regret aw be/weigh on your conscienceidiom bitter black dog breastbeating cry doom and gloom feel badidiom gloominess glumness groan guilt prick prick someone's conscienceidiom regretful regretfully remorse repentant wrench wretchedness regret verb[ T ] uk /rɪˈɡret/ us /rɪˈɡret/-tt- B1 to feel sorry about a situation, especially something sad or wrong or a mistake that you have made: 懊悔，遗憾;惋惜;痛惜 Is there anything you've done in your life that you regret?你一生中做过什么令你感到懊悔的事情没有？ [ + -ing verb ]I have always regretted not having studied harder at school.我总是后悔在学校时没有更加努力学习。 [ + (that) ]formalThe council regrets (that) the money to subsidize the youth club is no longer available.市政会因为无法再向青少年俱乐部提供资助而深表遗憾。 [ + to infinitive ]formalBritish Airways regret to announce the cancellation of flight BA205 to Madrid.英国航空公司非常抱歉地通知，飞往马德里的 BA205 次航班取消了。 Come Monday morning you'll regret staying up all night. I greatly regret not having told the truth.我非常后悔没有说出实情。 Please don't get mixed up with him. You'll regret it if you do.请别和他混在一起，不然你会后悔的。 I regret any anxiety or concern which I may, unwittingly, have caused. After careful consideration of your proposal, I regret to say that we are unable to accept it.仔细考虑了你的建议后，我很遗憾地告诉你我们不能接受。 Sadness and regret aw be/weigh on your conscienceidiom bitter black dog breastbeating cry doom and gloom feel badidiom gloominess glumness groan guilt prick prick someone's conscienceidiom regretful regretfully remorse repentant wrench wretchedness regret | American Dictionaryregret verb us/rɪˈɡret/-tt- to feel sorry or unhappy about something you did or were unable to do: [ T ]He regretted his decision to leave school. [ + (that) clause ]I regret (that) I didn’t buy more when they were on sale. [ T ]I’m going to regret eating all those nachos. fml Regret is also used to express in a polite way that you feel sorry about something: [ + (that) clause ]My husband regrets (that) he couldn’t be here tonight. [ + to infinitive ]The weather, I regret to say, is getting worse. Examples of regretregret Linguists do regret the lack of training that pupils have in such basic grammatical terminology and analysis. Based on our review of the literature, we identified seven apology terms (sorry, apologize, excuse, pardon, regret, afraid, forgive). The first author regrets that further joint work promised in the paper will not now be carried out. He thoroughly disavowed every thing of the sort, and regretted that it was ever surmised that such were their motives. The disappearance of such a masterpiece gave me no feelings of regret, but on the contrary a sense of long-desired emancipation. To our surprise (and regret), many of the commentaries on our target article focused on the inadequacy of our alternative hypothesis. She herself came to regret the volume, but could not shake off the lingering aura of its success. The author relies totally on official documentation and expresses regrets that no one has recorded the reminiscences of the colonized (p. 708). One might regret that social categories are still studied as rigid structures rather than flexible ones. To my mind this has not really happened in this book, which is to be regretted because the project is exceptionally worthwhile. The world constantly renews itself, and when you look at it that way, regret and nostalgia seem equally futile. Such regrets provide the preamble for the novel's principal theme: unrequited love. Logistic regression is used to identify the factors that are significantly associated with regret and also to calculate the odds ratios. Once these questions are put, regret may be studied and understood rather than simply postulated on the basis of introspection. The proportion of women regretting sterilization was classified in terms of the children ever born. 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. Collocations withregretregretThese are words often used in combination with regret. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. deep regret It is a matter of deepregret to me that it could not be so. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English expression of regret Yet not one word of apology have we had, nor one expressionofregret. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 feeling of regret I share that feelingofregret in many respects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. See all collocations with regret |
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