So do you want to take a leap of faith or become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone?

——Inception

那么，你是想放手一搏，还是要等到年华老去，心中充满遗憾，孤独地迈向黄泉路？ 

——《盗梦空间》

一、关于regret，你应该知道的用法有

n.

遗憾，后悔，悔恨，抱歉，歉意 a feeling of sadness or disappointment that you have because of sth that has happened or sth that you have done or not done

I hear with regret that your father is ill.

听说你的父亲病了我感到遗憾。

 

v.

1.为…感到遗憾，后悔，惋惜，懊悔，抱歉 [T] to feel sorry about sth you have done or about sth that you have not been able to do

Have a care what you say or you may regret it.

当心你说的话，否则你可能会后悔的。

 

2.有礼貌的或正式的表示抱歉、痛惜和悲伤 [T] used to say in a polite or formal way that you are sorry or sad about a situation

I regret being unable to say that I cannot come.

我不能来，甚为抱歉。

 

二、最后，做个小测试巩固一下吧

I deeply _______ what I said.
我非常后悔说了那些话。