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单词 ruefully
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rue1 /roo/

transitive verb (rueˈing or ruˈing; rued)
  1. To be sorry for
  2. To repent of
  3. To wish not to have been or happened
  4. To feel compassion for
  5. To cause to feel regret, grieve (archaic)
intransitive verb
  1. To feel remorse or regret
  2. To take pity
  3. To change one's mind, contemplate backing out
noun (archaic)
  1. Repentance
  2. Regret
  3. Sorrow
  4. Pity
ORIGIN: OE hrēow (noun), hrēowan (verb); cf Ger Reue, OHGer hriuwa mourning

rueˈful adjective

  1. Sorrowful
  2. Piteous
  3. Deplorable
  4. Mournful
  5. Melancholy

rueˈfully adverb

rueˈfulness noun

rueˈing or ruˈing noun

Repentance

rueˈ-bargain noun (dialect)

A forfeit for withdrawing from a bargain

take the rue (Scot)

To change one's mind, esp about an intended marriage
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