Regret

[rɪ'gret] or [rɪ'ɡrɛt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) express with regret; 'I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard'.

(verb.) decline formally or politely; 'I regret I can't come to the party'.

(verb.) feel sad about the loss or absence of.

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解釋/意思:

(v.) Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction.

(v.) Dislike; aversion.

(v. t.) To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.

整理:帕斯夸里

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Grief, sorrow.[2]. Penitence, compunction, remorse, repentance, contrition.

v. a. [1]. Lament, grieve at, be sorry for.[2]. Repent, repent of.

手打:罗谢尔

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Grieve, lament, repent, miss, desiderate, deplore

ANT:Welcome, hail, approve, abandon, abjure, forget, disregard

SYN:Sorrow, grief, concern, remorse, lamentation, repentance,[See GRIEF]

整理:凯瑟琳

解釋/意思:

v.t. to grieve at: to remember with sorrow:—pr.p. regret′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. regret′ted.—n. sorrow for anything: concern: remorse: a written expression of regret.—adj. Regret′ful full of regret.—adv. Regret′fully.—adj. Regret′table.—adv. Regret′tably.

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