1 to feel sorry that you did sth or that you did not do sth 感到遗憾、惋惜、后悔或懊悔:
I hope you won't regret your decision later.我希望你以后不会后悔作出这决定。Do you regret not taking the job?你没有接受那份工作,感到后悔吗?
2 (formal 正式) used as a way of saying that you are sorry for sth (用于表示抱歉):
I regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful.很抱歉通知你,你的申请没有成功。
*regret²
/rɪˈgret ||; rɪˈgrɛt/noun
[C,U] a feeling of sadness about sth that cannot now be changed 遗憾;后悔;懊悔;惋惜:
Do you have any regretsthat you didn't go to university?你没有上大学,觉得遗憾吗? ➔regretful /-fl ||; -fəl/ adja regretful look/smile 懊悔的神色;怅然一笑
➔regretfully /-fəli ||; -fəlɪ/ adv
regret1/rIˋgrɛt; rIˈɡret/v [T] regretted , regretting 1 to feel sorry about something you have done and wish you had not done it 后悔〔做过的事〕﹔对…感到遗憾: regret doing sth We’ve always regretted selling that car. 我们一直都后悔卖掉那辆车。+(that) He regrets that he never went to college. 他觉得遗憾﹐自己一直都没有上过大学。bitterly/deeply/greatly regret It was a stupid thing to do and I bitterly regret it. 这么做很愚蠢﹐我非常懊悔。If we don’t deal with the problem now, we’ll live to regret it (=will regret it in the future). 如果现在不解决这个问题﹐我们终会后悔的。2 formal to be sorry and sad about a situation【正式】对〔某种情况〕感到遗憾[抱歉]: +(that) Miss Otis regrets she's unable to attend today. 奥蒂斯小姐感到很抱歉﹐今天她不能出席。
regret2n [C,U] sadness that you feel about something because you wish it had not happened 懊悔﹔惋惜﹔遗憾: Carl said he had no regrets about his decision. 卡尔说他对自己的决定不感到后悔。The company expressed deep regret at the accident. 公司对这宗事故深表遗憾。 —regretfully adv —regretful adj
regretregretregrets2nouna sad feeling about something that you did or did not do: Do you have any regrets about leaving your job?regretregretregretsregrettedregretting1verb (regrets, regretting, regretted)to feel sorry about something that you did or did not do: He regrets selling his car.I don't regret what I said to her.