(rues, rued, rueing 或ruing)with obj.
- bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone对…感到懊悔, 对…感到后悔; 对…感到悔恨：
Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer
弗格森将后悔那天拒绝那个提议
she might live to rue this impetuous decision.
她可能会对一时冲动作出的这个决定后悔一辈子。
mass noun
1- archaic repentance; regret〈古〉懊悔, 后悔, 悔恨：
with rue my heart is laden.
我内心充满悔恨。
1.1
- compassion; pity同情; 怜悯：
tears of pitying rue.
同情的眼泪。
词源
Old English hrēow 'repentance', hrēowan 'affect with contrition', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw 'mourning' and German Reue 'remorse'.
1
- a perennial evergreen shrub with bitter strong-scented lobed leaves which are used in herbal medicine芸香。
1.1
- Ruta graveolens, family Rutaceae.拉丁名Ruta graveolens,芸香科。
1.2
- used in names of other plants that resemble rue, especially in leaf shape, e.g. goat's rue, meadow rue, and wall rue［用于像芸香尤其是叶子形状像芸香的其他植物名中, 如goat's rue, meadow rue和wall rue］。
词源
Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek rhutē.