regretting

英 [rɪˈɡretɪŋ]

美 [rɪˈɡretɪŋ]

v.  感到遗憾; 惋惜; 懊悔; 有礼貌地或正式地表示抱歉、痛惜或悲伤
regret的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 对…感到后悔;因…遗憾
  If youregretsomething that you have done, you wish that you had not done it.
  1. I simply gave in to him, and I've regretted it ever since...
     我就向他屈服了，从那以后我一直后悔。
  2. Ellis seemed to be regretting that he had asked the question...
     埃利斯好像后悔问了这个问题。
  3. Five years later she regrets having given up her home.
     5年后她对当初放弃自己的家感到后悔。
• N-VAR 悔恨;失望;后悔;惋惜
  Regretis a feeling of sadness or disappointment, which is caused by something that has happened or something that you have done or not done.
  1. My great regret in life is that I didn't bring home the America's Cup...
     我这辈子最大的遗憾就是没有把美洲杯捧回家。
  2. Lillee said he had no regrets about retiring.
     利里说他没后悔退休。
• VERB 为…抱歉;很遗憾地说/通知你
  You can say that youregretsomething as a polite way of saying that you are sorry about it. You use expressions such asI regret to sayorI regret to inform youto show that you are sorry about something.
  1. 'I very much regret the injuries he sustained,' he said...
     “我对他的受伤感到很遗憾，”他说。
  2. I regret that the United States has added its voice to such protests...
     我很遗憾美国也加入了这一抗议的行列。
  3. Her lack of co-operation is nothing new, I regret to say...
     很遗憾，我不得不说她缺少合作精神不是什么新鲜事。
  4. I regret to inform you he died as a consequence of his injuries.
     我很遗憾地通知你，他因伤势太重不治身亡。
• N-UNCOUNT 抱歉；遗憾
  If someone expressesregretabout something, they say that they are sorry about it.
  1. He expressed great regret and said that surgeons would attempt to reverse the operation...
     他深表歉意，说外科医生会努力消除手术造成的损伤。
  2. She has accepted his resignation with regret.
     她遗憾地接受了他的辞职。

双语例句

• The prime minister may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half.
  首相现在可能后悔她冲动地许诺了要将失业人数减少一半。
• But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.
  并且，我永远不会后悔我今天所做的这一切。
• So why the long face? You regretting it?
  那为什么还拉长脸？你后悔了？
• I'll be regretting that for the rest of my life.
  为此也许我会后悔一辈子。
• Regretting the lack of spontaneity and real sensuousness in other contemporary poets, he deplores in Tennyson.
  他对于和他同时代的诗人缺乏自发性和真实的敏感，感到惋惜，他对坦尼森感到悲痛。
• I am so regretting! I would like to have the gold medal!
  我好懊悔，得的是金牌就好了！
• "Now you said that, don't be regretting it!"
  “这可是你说的？可别后悔？”
• But you know how much I'm regretting it now?
  但你知道我现在有多后悔？
• Don't make decisions in case of enternal regretting.
  忧伤时不要做决定，如果你不想后悔。
• I imagined myself only to be regretting my loss, and thinking how to repair it.
  我认为自己只是在惋惜我的损失，考虑怎么来弥补。