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

• I feel so regretful; I have damaged your favorite bag.
  我真是很懊悔，把你最喜欢的包给弄坏了。
• I am regretful for what I have done.
  我对我的所为深感遗憾。
• You can see from his face that he is regretful now.
  从他的脸上你可以看出他现在后悔了。
• One can imagine how regretful he was.
  可以想像他是多么懊悔。
• Now that I think about it, I'm still pretty regretful.
  现在想想，还挺遗憾的呢。
• 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。
• 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。
• We were deeply regretful to hear that you could not come and spend the vacation with us.
  听说你们不能来和我们共度假期，深感遗憾。
• 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。