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re.gretrI5gretv, n-tt- (to have or express) a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong or about a mistake that you have made, and (to have or express) a wish that it could have been different and better后悔，遗憾Is there anything in your past life that you regret? [T]在你过去的生活里你有什么后悔的事吗？I had too much to drink last night, and I'm really regretting it this morning. [T]昨晚我喝得太多，今天早晨我真是后悔。I have always regretted not having studied harder at school. [+ v-ing]我一直后悔在学校没更用功些。I really regret leaving (= I am sorry that I have to leave) the party so early like this. [+ v-ing]我真抱歉象这样早就得离开聚会。(fml) The council regrets (that) the money to subsidise the youth club is no longer available. [+ (that) clause]委员会很遗憾不再有钱补贴青年俱乐部。(fml) British Airways regret to announce the cancellation of flight BA205 to Madrid. [+ to infinitive]英国航空公司很遗憾通知飞往马德里的BA205航班被取消。I left school at 16, but I've had a great life and I have no regrets. [C]我16岁就辍学，但我生活得很好，没有后悔。My only regret is that I never got the chance to go to America. [C + that clause]我唯一的遗憾是从未有机会去美国。The manager expressed deep regret at/for the number of staff reductions. [U]经理对裁员数目之大表示深深的遗憾。We think, much to our regret (= and we regret this very much), that we will not be able to visit you next year. [U]我们想明年不能来看望你了，非常遗憾。We had five party invitations while we were in Greece, so we had to send our regrets (= send letters of polite refusal) to all of them.在希腊时我们收到了五份聚会请帖，只得写信向他们一一辞谢。
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