| 词汇 | rue |
| 释义 | rue verb[ T ] old-fashioned or literaryuk /ruː/ us /ruː/present participlerueing or ruing | past tense and past participlerued to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened对…感到懊悔;对…感到后悔;因为…感到遗憾 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 regretful regretfully remorse repentant wretchedness Idiomrue the day rue | American Dictionaryrue verb[ T ] us/ru/ to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened; regret ruefuladjectiveus/ˈru·fəl/ She gave him a rueful smile. Examples of ruerue The reforming conductor's efforts were in vain; thus 'rue', an old-fashioned literary word for regret. They rue the sociolinguistic impact of in-migration, "invasion," and "penetration" (135-36). Viewing the books in the show, one might rue the loss of color in favor of a greater profusion of plates. In other cases, we may be left with fanciful speculation - leopard's bane, goat's rue, toadflax. We shall live to rue the day that we ever allowed so much of that heritage to disappear in the path of the bulldozer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it has happened and many are ruing it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I regard the whole matter as a deeply misconceived and misguided exercise, and one that we shall rue as time goes on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He may rue the day when he dispensed with that flexibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I tell them that they will rue the day that they laughed about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 15 or 20 years, if not sooner, we may rue the loss of those skills. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a nation, we shall rue the consequences of that policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a national duty; we must not neglect it, or we shall live to rue the consequences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not at all sure that they will not rue the encounter a great deal more than the people at large. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall rue the day when we lose too much of our productive capacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he reflect on the fact that more than one airline has had reason to rue such an apparently sensible decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of rue 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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