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单词 regret
释义
regret
noun[CorU]
uk
/rɪˈɡret/us
/rɪˈɡret/
B2
afeelingofsadnessabout somethingsadorwrongor about amistakethat you have made, and awishthat it could have been different andbetter:
懊悔，遗憾；惋惜；痛惜
Ileftschoolat 16, but I've had agreatlifeand Ihave noregrets.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。
Themanagerexpresseddeepregretat/forthenumberofstaffreductions.被裁减的员工人数众多，对此经理深表遗憾。
Wethink,much toourregret(= and we are verysorryabout this), that we will not beabletovisityou nextyear.我们觉得，明年可能没法到你们家去做客了，真是遗憾。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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send(someone)yourregrets
tosendapolitemessagethat you cannot go to aparty, etc.:
（因为不能赴会等）（向某人）表示歉意，致歉辞谢
We did have aninvitation, but we had tosendGrahamourregrets.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。
More examples
  • Afuneralcanamplifythefeelingsof regret andlossfor therelatives.
  • I have atingeof regret that I didn'tacceptheroffer.
  • There was anovertoneof regret in hisfarewellspeech.
  • Sheleftherjobwith no regrets.
  • Do you have any regrets about the way thingsworkedout?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sadness and regret
  • aw
  • be/weigh onyourconscienceidiom
  • bitter
  • black dog
  • breastbeating
  • cry
  • distress
  • feel badidiom
  • gloominess
  • glumness
  • groan
  • guilt
  • melancholia
  • regretful
  • regretfully
  • remorse
  • remorseful
  • remorsefully
  • repentant
  • wretchedness
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regret
verb[T]
uk
/rɪˈɡret/us
/rɪˈɡret/
-tt-
B1
tofeelsorryabout asituation,especiallysomethingsadorwrongor amistakethat you have made:
懊悔，遗憾；惋惜；痛惜
Is there anything you've done inyourlifethat 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 havingstudiedharderatschool.我总是后悔在学校时没有更加努力学习。
[+ (that)]formalThecouncilregrets(that)themoneytosubsidizetheyouthclubis nolongeravailable.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 regrettoannouncethecancellationofflightBA205 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。
More examples
  • ComeMondaymorningyou'll regretstayingup allnight.
  • Igreatlyregret not having told thetruth.
  • Please don't getmixedup with him. You'll regret it if you do.
  • I regret anyanxietyorconcernwhich I may,unwittingly, havecaused.
  • Aftercarefulconsiderationofyourproposal, I regret to say that we areunabletoacceptit.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sadness and regret
  • aw
  • be/weigh onyourconscienceidiom
  • bitter
  • black dog
  • breastbeating
  • cry
  • distress
  • feel badidiom
  • gloominess
  • glumness
  • groan
  • guilt
  • melancholia
  • regretful
  • regretfully
  • remorse
  • remorseful
  • remorsefully
  • repentant
  • wretchedness
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(Definition ofregretfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

regret| American Dictionary

regret
verb
us
/rɪˈɡret/
-tt-
tofeelsorryorunhappyabout something you did or wereunableto do:
[T]He regretted hisdecisiontoleaveschool.
[+ (that) clause]I regret (that) I didn’tbuymore when they were onsale.
[T]I’m going to regreteatingall thosenachos.
fmlRegret is also used toexpressin apoliteway that youfeelsorryabout something:
[+ (that) clause]Myhusbandregrets (that) he couldn’t be heretonight.
[+ to infinitive]Theweather, I regret to say, is gettingworse.
(Definition ofregretfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofregret

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Linguists doregretthe lack of training that pupils have in such basic grammatical terminology and analysis.
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Based on our review of the literature, we identified seven apology terms (sorry, apologize, excuse, pardon,regret, afraid, forgive).
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The first author regrets that further joint work promised in the paper will not now be carried out.
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He thoroughly disavowed every thing of the sort, and regretted that it was ever surmised that such were their motives.
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The disappearance of such a masterpiece gave me no feelings ofregret, but on the contrary a sense of long-desired emancipation.
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To our surprise (andregret), many of the commentaries on our target article focused on the inadequacy of our alternative hypothesis.
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She herself came toregretthe volume, but could not shake off the lingering aura of its success.
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The author relies totally on official documentation and expresses regrets that no one has recorded the reminiscences of the colonized (p. 708).
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One mightregretthat social categories are still studied as rigid structures rather than flexible ones.
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To my mind this has not really happened in this book, which is to be regretted because the project is exceptionally worthwhile.
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The world constantly renews itself, and when you look at it that way,regretand nostalgia seem equally futile.
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Such regrets provide the preamble for the novel's principal theme: unrequited love.
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Logistic regression is used to identify the factors that are significantly associated withregretand also to calculate the odds ratios.
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Once these questions are put,regretmay be studied and understood rather than simply postulated on the basis of introspection.
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The proportion of women regretting sterilization was classified in terms of the children ever born.
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Collocationswithregret

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These are words often used in combination withregret.

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deep regret
It is a matter ofdeepregretto me that it could not be so.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
expression of regret
Yet not one word of apology have we had, nor oneexpressionofregret.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
feeling of regret
I share thatfeelingofregretin many respects.
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