| 词汇 | rueful |
| 释义 | rueful adjective literaryuk /ˈruː.fəl/ us /ˈruː.fəl/ feeling sorry and wishing that something had not happened: 懊悔的;后悔的;悔恨的 He turned away with a rueful laugh.他懊悔地苦笑着把脸转向一旁。 Synonyms contriteformal regretful remorsefulformal 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 regretful regretfully remorse repentant wretchedness Related wordruefully Examples of ruefulrueful Perhaps other interviewees, mixed with rueful chuckles of those who simply identify with the speaker's disenchantment. Hence, the rueful regret often expressed by policy professionals that many people in poor communities lack confidence, that is, confidence comparable to those used to exercising personal and collective power. Councillors make that admission with a rueful laugh. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can well understand the somewhat rueful comments which have been made this afternoon about the volume of paper involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This particular provision goes far beyond that and creates a situation where solicitors will be very rueful about acting in this sort of case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be to them a very rueful reflection that they are the victims of clearing up a tax anomaly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can see from the rueful smile on his face that he does not really believe that, but he made a good point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was quite prepared to work within the economic boundaries being set, and of course he had a rueful experience upon which to draw. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was a rueful day for this country, because once such a power is abandoned it is hard to regain it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Several of us have had rueful experience of that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With a rueful smile he said it would come, but he was quite satisfied, with his reasonable attitude, that he would be able to meet it when it came. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A rueful story is told in our profession of one gentleman who, after two-and-a-half years, approached the boss and asked whether he could have a salary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The poet is not just some rueful rou, but something more complicated and human. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The closing line of the song and album, is also the album's title; the tone is neither rueful nor celebratory as much as simply matter-of-fact. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He goes on to write that this somber, less-is-more approach could be effective were the ensemble plugged into the same rueful sensibility. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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