Rueful
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 后悔的, 遗憾的
- [英] adj. 后悔的, 遗憾的 ( feeling good humored regret)
- [类] 反义词: impenitent ( 不悔悟的)
- [例] a rueful smile ( 后悔的苦笑)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Date: 13th century
- 1. exciting pity or sympathy ; pitiable <rueful squalid poverty…by every wayside — John Morley>
- 2. mournful, regretful <troubled her with a rueful disquiet — W. M. Thackeray>
- ? ruefully adverb
- ? ruefulness noun