| 释义 |
regretful, a.|rɪˈgrɛtfʊl|
[f. regret n. + -ful.]
Full of sorrow or regret. Also const. of.
1647Sir R. Fanshawe tr. Past. Fido iii. i, Thou art return'd, but nought returns with thee Save my lost joyes regretfull memory. 1743Shenstone Elegies xix, Think not regretful I survey the deed. 1791Paine Rights of Man (ed. 4) 164 The regretful manner in which he expresses himself. 1837Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes II. 106 Hating the town, regretful of my burgh. 1894Du Maurier Trilby II. 212 They soon forgot the regretful impressions of the day. |