regret的意思|regret的解释-里氏词典

Regret \Re*gret"\ (r?*gr?t"), n. [F., fr. regretter. See
{Regret}, v.]
1. Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced
in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a
looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief;
sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of
some joy, advantage, or satisfaction. ``A passionate
regret at sin.'' --Dr. H. More.

What man does not remember with regret the first
time he read Robinson Crusoe? --Macaulay.

Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for
the loss of a servant. --Clarendon.

From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but
fond regrets and tender recollections. --W. Irving.

2. Dislike; aversion. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.

Syn: Grief; concern; sorrow; lamentation; repentance;
penitence; self-condemnation.

Usage: {Regret}, {Remorse}, {Compunction}, {Contrition},
{Repentance}. Regret does not carry with it the energy
of remorse, the sting of compunction, the sacredness
of contrition, or the practical character of
repentance. We even apply the term regret to
circumstance over which we have had no control, as the
absence of friends or their loss. When connected with
ourselves, it relates rather to unwise acts than to
wrong or sinful ones. --C. J. Smith.

Regret \Re*gret"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Regretted} (-t[e^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Regretting}.] [F. regretter, OF. regreter; L.
pref. re- re- + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth.
gr[=e]tan to weep, Icel. gr[=a]ta. See {Greet} to lament.]
To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a
sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account
of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an
error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.

Calmly he looked on either life, and here
Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear. --Pope.

In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret
their slavery, and to murmur against their leader.
--Macaulay.

Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had
been violently taken. --Macaulay.

Claims that more might be found in this way are, I regret to say, much exaggerated. Next, I propose to broaden the tax base.
This seems unlikely to succeed. Whatever happens, the ANC may yet regret focusing so much attention on the constitutional talks.
They regret that the world opinion is such that people don't make a distinction," she said.
In a concurring opinion to today's ruling, Starr expressed regret that the court did not refer last year's issue for the same study by the D.C. court.
"Words aren't adequate to express my regret and sorrow over the impact I've had on your lives," Donahue said in a choked, breaking voice. "I have affected your lives and my life.
"I was willing to give this young man another chance, and in the intervening years I have never had occasion to regret it," Wright said in a statement.
Wright said in a statement that he had been "willing to give this young man another chance, and in the intervening years I have never had occasion to regret it."
Reiner said because parents wanted to resolve the case he did not regret retrying Buckey.
"We regret this action by the government of Singapore and hope that a way can be found to resolve the circulation restrictions on The Asian Wall Street Journal and the earlier restrictions levied on Time magazine."
'What use is regret?
"We've all made statements that we regret at times, and I think the important thing here is that the commissioner made a very positive statement, right up front," Gripp said.
A trustees' committee and the director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art are seeking to heal relations with the art community by expressing regret for canceling a planned exhibit that included sexually provocative photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
"I regret that my concern for the poor and the environment was so dishonestly misinterpreted and misused to perpetrate a cruel hoax on 4 million Americans who are already broken beyond any measure of understanding," Sheen said in a statement.
"We deeply regret that the companies do not view these talks as moving us closer together," she said.
U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III, asked on NBC-TV's "Today" show if he thought Gorbachev would regret the election, said: "I don't think so.
"Our dismay, our regret and our sympathy with the plight of families bereaved by the IRA is genuine," he said.
That's why I want a trade bill and why I so regret the addition of counterproductive measures that outweigh the positive features of this legislation.
I regret having ever taken it," she said. The woman, identified by the state Department of Transporation only as Tammy, took the sign in Athens in 1977.
"It's with regret that we now have to get seriously worried about inflation," said Roger Brinner, director of U.S. forecasting at Data Resources Inc. in Lexington, Mass.
Crippen said he didn't regret his decision against a tanking test.
It turned out to be a young George Strait." Dean said he still doesn't regret that decision, even though Strait has gone on to garner numerous country music awards.
Reagan expressed "deep regret," and praised Weinberger, who again advocated a growing military budget.
He soon came to regret retiring.
I regret the voices that pretend there is supposedly a need for someone to rescue the government.
'I regret that the legal advice then given to the House was not correct,' he said. Many at Westminster saw the turn-about as a manoeuvre intended to save the government from humiliating defeat in the vote in a few weeks' time.
The paper's owner, real estate developer Peter Kalikow, said Monday he accepted the resignation "with regret" and was taking over the duties of publisher.
Last week, a tape was played of Farley's conversation with police the night of the siege in which he said that he wanted Black to survive the attack so she would live with regret that she had rejected him.
"We profoundly regret the indiscretion," said an armed forces communique announcing that Col. Luis Alonso Carranza had been dismissed and replaced.
His regret is that the Cubists, the Dadaists, the abstract expressionists of theology have been so comprehensively marginalised. Perhaps they can be eased into the fray by events of the past week; perhaps they will finally be ejected altogether.
Evans may ultimately regret both positions, said Eugene Kennedy, a Loyola University professor, author of a biography of the elder Daley and a veteran political observer.

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