regretful

英 [rɪˈɡretfl]

美 [rɪˈɡretfl]

adj.  后悔的; 失望的; 令人惋惜的; 遗憾的

BNC.24259 / COCA.27189

牛津词典

adj.

• 后悔的；失望的；令人惋惜的；遗憾的
  feeling or showing sadness or disappointment because of sth that has happened or sth that you have done or not done
  1. a regretful look
     失望的眼神

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 遗憾的;后悔的;抱歉的
  If you areregretful, you show that you regret something.
  1. Mr Griffin gave a regretful smile...
     格里芬先生遗憾地笑了笑。
  2. Surprisingly, she didn't feel nervous, or regretful about her actions.
     令人惊讶的是，她并没有对她的行为感到紧张或后悔。

英英释义

adj

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
  1. felt regretful over his vanished youth
  2. regretful over mistakes she had made
  3. he felt bad about breaking the vase
  Synonym:sorrybad

双语例句

• A person who does a regrettable action is often regretful afterwards.
  行为不检点的人，日后往往懊悔。
• Now that I think about it, I'm still pretty regretful.
  现在想想，还挺遗憾的呢。
• Of course I was very upset and regretful for my timidity.
  当然我对我的胆小是非常烦乱的和惋惜的。
• I am never regretful to choose the major by now.
  我至今仍不后悔我选择这个专业。
• He cast a last regretful glance toward the entrance.
  他以惋惜的目光向门口看了最后一眼。
• Reminding of what he had said to sun xiu, he regretful and signed to the sky.
  他仰天长叹了一口气，很有点后悔的意思。
• Xu felt that she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him,'Are you regretful?
  徐认为，她绑住刘下来，反复问他，你是否有后悔？
• I am regretful for what I have done.
  我对我的所为深感遗憾。
• How regretful I was for my carelessness the night before!
  回想起那晚我竟如此的粗心，心里就充满了懊悔。
• Wet velvet can hardly offset the outset of upsetting a regretful interpreter.
  湿天鹅绒几乎不能抵销对一个后悔口译者的打扰的开始。