rueful是什么意思？

rueful

英[ˈru:fl] 美[ˈrufəl]

• adj. 后悔的，悔恨的，悲伤的，可怜的；

副词：ruefully;

例句

• She managed a rueful little smile. 她勉强露出颇带惆怅的一丝笑容。
• a rueful shake of the head 后悔地摇头
• a rueful expression 懊悔的表情
• The play is a rueful, wry observation about the way we are all subject to the ravages of time. 该剧凄然而讽刺地描述了我们大家是如何被岁月所摧残的。
• Mary Ann shot him a rueful look. 玛丽·安懊悔地瞥了他一眼。
• He shook his head and gave me a rueful smile. 他摇了摇头，遗憾地对我笑了笑。
• "Our marriage was a mistake," she said, looking rueful. “我们的婚姻是个错误，”她说着，看起来懊悔不已。
• He seemed both rueful and fatalistic about his prospective eminence. 他对自己将担任的要职,似乎抱着一种既郁郁不乐,又听天由命的情绪.
• 'Our marriage was a mistake,' she said, looking rueful. “我们的婚姻是个错误，”她说着，看起来懊悔不已。
• He shook his head and gave me a rueful smile... 他摇了摇头，遗憾地对我笑了笑。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  后悔的;懊悔的;遗憾的
  If someone is rueful, they feel or express regret or sorrow in a quiet and gentle way.
  例句
  He shook his head and gave me a rueful smile... 他摇了摇头，遗憾地对我笑了笑。 'Our marriage was a mistake,' she said, looking rueful. “我们的婚姻是个错误，”她说着，看起来懊悔不已。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  后悔的, 悔恨的
  a rueful expression 懊悔的表情 a rueful shake of the head 后悔地摇头 She managed a rueful little smile. 她勉强露出颇带惆怅的一丝笑容。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses