365天英語口語大全交際口語篇:078.后悔 Regret

詳解慣用單句

后　悔       _第1_節(jié) 態(tài)度表達       _第1_章 態(tài)度意愿

 

我真不該那樣做。I shouldn’t have done that.

● shouldn’t have done sth.“本不該做某事”

 

這次我真的把事情給弄糟了。I really screwed up this time.

○ I really messed up.

    我真的搞砸了。

●    screw up = mess up“把…弄糟，搞砸”

 

我很后悔錯過了那次機會。

I’m sorry to have missed the chance.

= I regret having missed the chance.

 

我后悔不該對兒子發(fā)火。

I regret that I was angry with my son.

= I regret being angry with my son.

 

我后悔沒有告訴朋友實話。

I have regrets about not telling my friend the truth.

■ 本句中的“regret”用作名詞。

 

我真是很懊悔，把你最喜歡的包給弄壞了。

I feel so regretful; I have damaged your favorite bag.

★ damage [5dAmidV] v. 破壞，損害

 

我的話傷害了她。我要是沒那樣講話就好了。

My words have hurt her. If only I hadn’t said it like that.

★ hurt [hE:t] v. 傷害，刺痛

● if only“要是…就好了”

 

我做得有點過分。I went a little far.

= I overdid it.

○I made a mistake. 我犯了錯了。

★overdo [7EuvE5du:] v. 把…做得過分

● go too（a little）far“做得太（有點兒）過分”

 

我真希望我沒那么做。I really wish I hadn’t done it.

  = If only I hadn’t done it.

 

我竟然忘了我們的周年紀念日，我感到很內(nèi)疚。

I feel so guilty about forgetting our anniversary.

★       guilty [5^ilti] a. 內(nèi)疚的

★ anniversary [7Ani5vE:sEri] n. 周年紀念

 

FUN 輕松：看圖

“I have to admit, I was a little nervous about our first date. ”

詳解實用對話

Regret

Mary：Hi, Tony. You look unhappy. What’s wrong?

Tony：Oh, Mary. I made a big mistake.

Mary：What happened?

Tony：I really wish^? I hadn’t done it.

Mary：What on earth^? are you talking about?

Tony：I got caught cheating. I feel so ashamed. The teacher saw me and told me I failed.

Mary：What were you thinking?

Tony：You know my father. If I fail, he’ll kill me. I have to do well.

Mary：But what you should do is study hard.

Tony：I know…I know…it’s all my fault. I feel awful that I didn’t study, and I cheated, and I got caught.

Mary：So long as you learn from your mistakes.

Tony：I know. I feel like a failure. My father is going to be so disappointed when he finds out what I’ve done.

 

后　悔

瑪麗：嗨，托尼。你看起來不高興。怎么了？

托尼：哦，瑪麗。我犯了個大錯。

瑪麗：發(fā)生什么事了？

托尼：我真希望我沒那么做。

瑪麗：你究竟在說什么呢？

托尼：我考試作弊被抓了。我感覺太丟人了。老師看見我了，還告訴我這次考試不及格了。