rue

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rue /ruː/ verb [transitive]  literaryREGRET/FEEL SORRY to wish that you had not done something 对…感到后悔[遗憾] SYN regret She learned to rue the day she had met Henri. 她开始后悔认识了亨利。→ See Verb table

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rue• As Jim Smith rued afterwards, the game was there for Portsmouth to take.• In the women's race, Joyce Smith was ruing her luck.• They never cursed the instrument or rued its long rule over their lives.• She rued the day she ever took up with Remi.• Maja Nagel rues the day when she had to leave a castle in the East for a cramped little studio in Berlin.• Why do I already rue the day?rue the day• Why do I already rue the day?• Well, whether he was crazy or not, she'd make him rue the day he chose to cross her.• She rued the day she ever took up with Remi.• Indeed, more than one ground commander rued the day the helicopter was invented.• Maja Nagel rues the day when she had to leave a castle in the East for a cramped little studio in Berlin.Origin rue Old English hreowan

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rue /ruː/ verb [transitive]literary to wish that you had not done something
   SYN  regret:
    She learned to rue the day she had met Henri.

rueBrE /ruː/ 🔊NAmE /ruː/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they rue BrE /ruː/ 🔊 NAmE /ruː/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it rues BrE /ruːz/ 🔊 NAmE /ruːz/ 🔊past simple rued BrE /ruːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ruːd/ 🔊past participle rued BrE /ruːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ruːd/ 🔊 -ing form rueing BrE /ˈruːɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈruːɪŋ/ 🔊 -ing form ruing BrE /ˈruːɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈruːɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (old-fashioned or formal) to feel bad about sth that happened or sth that you did because it had bad results 对…感到懊恼；懊悔 SYN regret ◆He rued the day they had bought such a large house. 他懊悔他们买了这样大的一所房子。🔊🔊