regret
verb/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt//ɹəˈɡɹɛt/- 1.
hối hận, hối tiếc
To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
- He regretted his words.
- I don't regret enrolling in law, but I regret not studying some Chinese.
- 2.
lấy làm tiếc
To feel sorry about (any thing).
⚠ Học sinh hay viết 'tôi hối hận phải nói rằng'; đúng phải là 'tôi lấy làm tiếc vì phải nói rằng' khi dùng để thông báo tin buồn.
ℹ Cụm từ này thường được dùng trong các thông báo trang trọng hoặc lịch sự để bày tỏ sự cảm thông.
- I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.
- They said they regretted to inform us that the train would be late.
- 3.
luyến tiếc
To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.
ℹ Trong tiếng Việt hiện đại, 'luyến tiếc' thường dùng để chỉ cảm giác nhớ nhung, nuối tiếc một thứ gì đó đã qua hoặc không còn sở hữu, mang sắc thái trang trọng và văn chương hơn so với từ 'nhớ' thông thường.
- He more than ever regretted his home, and with increased desire longed to see his family.
- This [the Cage] was but one of Cluny’s hiding-places; he had caves, besides, and underground chambers in several parts of his country; and following the reports of his scouts, he moved from one to another as the soldiers drew near or moved away. By this manner of living, and thanks to the affection of his clan, he had not only stayed all this time in safety, while so many others had fled or been taken and slain: but stayed four or five years longer, and only went to France at last by the express command of his master. There he soon died; and it is strange to reflect that he may have regretted his Cage upon Ben Alder.