regretfully
/rɪˈɡretfəli/ (bre, ipa) · /rɪˈɡretfəli/ (ame, ipa) · /ri-ˈgret-fə-lē/ (ame, mw)
regretfully — 副詞
1. showing sadness, disappointment, or apology for something that has happened or m
遺憾地
帶著難過、失望或抱歉的態度
showing sadness, disappointment, or apology for something that has happened or must be done
Sirin shook her head regretfully when she heard that the trip was cancelled.
Sirin 聽到旅行取消的消息時，遺憾地搖了搖頭。
collocation: shake one's head + regretfully
The old fisherman spoke regretfully about the years he spent away from his family.
那位老漁夫惋惜地談起他離家在外的那些年。
Élise regretfully handed back the borrowed book with a few pages torn out.
Élise 遺憾地把那本有幾頁被撕破的借書還了回去。
Yan sighed regretfully as the last bus disappeared around the corner.
最後一班公車消失在轉角時，Yan 遺憾地嘆了口氣。
The teacher regretfully told the class that the school trip would not happen this year.
老師遺憾地告訴全班同學，今年的校外教學取消了。
- sadly
more general and less formal; covers any cause of sadness
- ruefully
suggests wry amusement at one's own mistakes; more specific in meaning
- sorrowfully
implies deeper emotional pain; more literary and formal
文法句型
verb + regretfully
regretfully + verb
用法筆記
Typically appears directly after the main verb or after the subject — e.g., 'She regretfully agreed.' Unlike the sentence-adverb use (which opens a clause), this sense describes the manner of an action.