to express regret

基本解釋

And in case he wants to express regret, he will do it indirectly .
如果他真要表示悔意，他會(huì)間接地表示。
We had provoked and offended people needlessly, and so it seemed right to express regret.
我們激怒了人民，無(wú)意的冒犯了他們，因此只有表示懺悔才是明智的。
The latest fallout between the two came when Mr Josipovic went to the Bosnian parliament last month to express regret for Croatia’s role in the Bosnian war.
兩位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人間的不和源自上月總統(tǒng)Josipovic到波黑議會(huì)說(shuō)的克羅地亞為在波黑戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中的所扮演的角色懺悔。

This is great when you want to express regret for something that you perhaps did not do.
當(dāng)你想表達(dá)對(duì)一些過(guò)去沒(méi)做成的事情感到后悔時(shí)，你可以使用這個(gè)句型。
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In the next example you can use "I'm sorry" not to express regret for your personal fault.
下一個(gè)例句中，“I'm sorry”的使用并不是用來(lái)表達(dá)對(duì)個(gè)人過(guò)失的抱歉。
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Another situation where you can use "I wish" is when you express regret, a desire to stay longer, for example.
另一種使用“I wish”的情況是當(dāng)你表達(dá)遺憾的時(shí)候，例如，希望多待一段時(shí)間。
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The latest fallout between the two came when Mr Josipovic went to the Bosnian parliament last month to express regret for Croatia's role in the Bosnian war.
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