| 词汇 | regretful |
| 释义 | regretful adjective uk /rɪˈɡret.fəl/ us /rɪˈɡret.fəl/ showing that you feel sorry about something: 懊悔的;遗憾的;惋惜的 a regretful goodbye/glance/smile遗憾的告别／怅然的一瞥／充满歉意的微笑 Synonyms contriteformal remorsefulformal ruefulliterary sorry(EXPRESSING REGRET) Sadness and regret aw be/weigh on your conscienceidiom bitter black dog breastbeating cry doom and gloom feel badidiom gloominess glumness groan guilt melancholia prick prick someone's conscienceidiom regretfully remorse remorseful repentant wretchedness Related wordregretfully regretful | American Dictionaryregretful adjective us/rɪˈɡret·fəl/ feeling or expressing sadness or disappointment: a regretful sigh regretfullyadverbus/rɪˈɡret·fə·li/ "We never spoke of it," Anne regretfully acknowledged. Examples of regretfulregretful The men in this group also seemed particularly regretful of 'rectifying ' distressing past events but hopeful of rectification. It is highly regretful that foreign reporters, acting from ignorance, publish such erroneous material about our country. The hunters take due and reasonable care to be careful, but if an accident occurs, they lose not a moment feeling guilty or regretful about the tragedy of the situation. It is extremely regretful that that has not been done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All those people are extremely regretful that this destruction has to take place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, having cast a regretful look backwards at that solution, we must accept that it is not administratively practicable today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is very regretful that this did not happen. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I think that he will be a little regretful of the extraordinary dichotomy of views. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nor is it altogether to be wondered at, however regretful it is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So that, although one may be regretful, one can understand why. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are naturally always disappointed and regretful when our arrangements are found to be wanting, but that is where we find ourselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that he said "faltered" with a slightly regretful tone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must all appreciate that, however regretful, lives will always be lost around our coast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Regretful though the fact be, there it is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am very regretful indeed that there are people who have had to go without sufficient coal. 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. |
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