/rɪˈɡrɛtəbl/
令人遗憾的;可惜的。用来形容某件事情令人感到后悔或不满意,通常指不幸或不理想的情况。
It was a regrettable mistake that could have been avoided.
这是一个本可以避免的令人遗憾的错误。
The regrettable lack of funding forced the school to cancel several after-school programs that had benefited hundreds of students.
由于令人遗憾的资金短缺,学校被迫取消了多个曾惠及数百名学生的课后项目。
该词源自动词 regret,加上形容词后缀 -able,表示"令人感到后悔的"。regret 最早来自古法语 regreter,意为"悲叹、哀悼",可能与古日耳曼语中表示"哭泣"的词根有关。该词自16世纪起在英语中使用,用以描述值得惋惜或令人不快的事物。