regretfully

英 [rɪˈɡretfəli]

美 [rɪˈɡretfəli]

adv.  遗憾地; 痛惜地; 失望地; 懊悔地; 遗憾的是; 十分遗憾

BNC.19370 / COCA.23689

牛津词典

adv.

• 遗憾地；痛惜地；失望地；懊悔地
  in a way that shows you are sad or disappointed about sth
  1. ‘I'm afraid not,’ he said regretfully.
     他遗憾地说：“恐怕不行。”
  2. Emma shook her head regretfully.
     埃玛遗憾地摇了摇头。
• 遗憾的是；十分遗憾
  used to show that you are sorry that sth is the case and you wish the situation were different
  1. Regretfully, mounting costs have forced the museum to close.
     遗憾的是，费用不断增加，博物馆不得不关门。

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

adv

• with regret (used in polite formulas)
  1. I must regretfully decline your kind invitation

双语例句

• Though I had the good fortune to be contemporaries with him, I had regretfully missed making his acquaintance within the city walls of Xi'an. I went up to Mt.
  我们同存于一个时代，却在一个完整的城墙圈里失之交臂而过，这是我活人的幸运和遗憾。
• Regretfully, this attempt is eventually suffocated by Hegel's polemic mentalism.
  但遗憾的是，这种努力又在黑格尔庞大的思辨唯心主义体系中被最终窒息了；
• Regretfully, he tore both letters into small pieces.
  悔恨之下他把两封信都撕成了碎片。
• I left New York regretfully after only a week.
  只有一个星期我就遗憾地离开了纽约。
• He even suggested a collaboration, regretfully unconsummated, that later became the nucleus of the Open Library.
  甚至他还提出了一份合作建议，而这后来成了公共图书馆的核心理念；遗憾的是，笔者与他的合作并未实现。
• But we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
  然而，我们却经常久久地回顾那扇关闭了的门，懊悔不已，却没有看到那扇为我们打开的门。
• The County Engineer replied, politely and regretfully, explaining that, given the Irish climate, they had no option but to repair the roads in summer, as otherwise the tar wouldn't set.
  郡上的工程师在回信中礼貌地、遗憾地解释道：鉴于爱尔兰的气候，他们没有别的办法，只能在夏季维修道路，因为只有在夏天，柏油才能干。
• Regretfully to advise you that the qtty you ordered is too small for the sample lamp, as it is very difficult for them to accept.
  您寄来的灯的样品这边的工厂说您需要的数量太少，他们没有办法起做。
• The article firstly analyses the debate on reform route of farmland expropriation system and points out regretfully that the reform is incomplete.
  首先分析了新一轮征地制度改革的路线之争，并遗憾地指出：现在的改革思路具有某种不彻底性。
• On the curve of the nearest hill she looked back regretfully at Marlott and her father's house, although she had been so anxious to get away.
  尽管她十分渴望远走他乡，但是走到最近那个山丘拐弯的地方，她又回过头去，满腹惆怅地望了望马洛特村和她父亲的房屋。