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

• 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。
• 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？
• One can imagine how regretful he was.
  可以想像他是多么懊悔。
• 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。
• 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。
• A person who does a regrettable action is often regretful afterwards.
  行为不检点的人，日后往往懊悔。
• Momentary carnivals leave much more regretful and missing tears.
  瞬间的狂欢过后，留下的是更多遗憾和思念的泪。
• 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。
• He is neither proud nor regretful about what happened.
  他对于发生的事情既不感到得意也不感到悔恨。
• It is too late to feel regretful.
  后悔也来不及了。