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单词 rueful
释义 rue·ful
\ˈrüfəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English rewful, from rewe rue + -ful
1. : exciting pity or sympathy : pitiable, woeful
 < rueful squalid poverty that crawled by every wayside — John Morley >
2. : feeling or expressing sorrow or pity : mournful, regretful, sad
 < troubled her with a rueful disquiet — W.M.Thackeray >
often : quizzically mournful
 < looked up … with a rueful grin — Elmer Davis >
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