Regret

(verb.) express with regret; 'I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard'.

(verb.) decline formally or politely; 'I regret I can't come to the party'.

(verb.) feel sad about the loss or absence of.

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• His mother left the room; then, moved by insupportable regret, I just murmured the words Dr. Bretton. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There could be but one suitable reply to your assertion, Mr. Clayton, she said icily, and I regret that I am not a man, that I might make it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I would not tell him that I thought him dying, so I expressed my regret that he had not written to me when he was so ill. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Well, I have twice done you a wrong which I regret now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I declare you're enough to make one regret ever having had a family at all. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• But it was a truism, a phantom, and broke down under the weight of her regret. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Trust me again, and you will never have cause to regret it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• What chiefly surprised Edmund was, that Crawford's sister, the friend and companion who had been so much to her, should not be more visibly regretted. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• My papa lived to bail Mr. Micawber several times, and then expired, regretted by a numerous circle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I have much regretted our having so little opportunity for conversation when we last met. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• He regretted it, I am sure; he values the hours spent with you. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• He politely offered me his private box for Livius's night, and regretted that it was not a better one. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• She spoke with difficulty, and I perceived that she regretted the necessity of death, even more than she cared to confess. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I gave Lucy in charge to the Countess's attendant, and then sought repose from my various struggles and impatient regrets. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Thoughtfully, for I could not be here once more, and so near Agnes, without the revival of those regrets with which I had so long been occupied. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Then comes remorse, with all its vipers, mixed with vain regrets for the past, and despair for the future! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Your feelings are as well known to me as my wishes and regrets must be to you. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• When standing before certain men the philosopher regrets that thinkers are but perishable tissue, the artist that perishable tissue has to think. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I think it is one's function as a medical man to hinder regrets of that sort as far as possible. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Regretting that all my efforts for alleviating the sufferings of wounded men left upon the battle-field have been rendered nugatory, I remain, &c. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• She went on, began to talk of you; yes, then she began to talk of you, regretting, as well she might, the loss of such a--. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Robert Jordan asked, regretting it as he said it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• If he is satisfied with only regretting me, when he might have obtained my affections and hand, I shall soon cease to regret him at all. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The soil is good; and I never pass it without regretting that the fruit should be so little worth the trouble of gathering. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• But she had chosen it with her eyes open; and though evidently regretting that her visitors were to go, she did not seem to ask for compassion. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Before you came I had been regretting that you happened to be out to-day. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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