rue
verb /ruː/
/ruː/
(old-fashioned or formal)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they rue | /ruː/ /ruː/ |
he / she / it rues | /ruːz/ /ruːz/ |
past simple rued | /ruːd/ /ruːd/ |
past participle rued | /ruːd/ /ruːd/ |
-ing form rueing | /ˈruːɪŋ/ /ˈruːɪŋ/ |
-ing form ruing | /ˈruːɪŋ/ /ˈruːɪŋ/ |
- rue something to feel bad about something that happened or something that you did because it had bad results
synonym regret对…感到懊恼;懊悔 - He rued the day they had bought such a large house.
他懊悔他们买了这样大的一所房子。
词源Old English hrēow ‘repentance’, hrēowan ‘affect with contrition’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw ‘mourning’ and German Reue ‘remorse’. - He rued the day they had bought such a large house.