rue

1. V-T If you rue something that you have done, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results. 后悔[文學(xué)性]

Tavare was probably ruing his decision. 塔瓦雷可能正對為他的決定感到后悔。

2. N sorrow, pity, or regret 后悔; 悲傷[archaic]

3. N any rutaceous plant of the genus Ruta, esp R. graveolens, an aromatic Eurasian shrub with small yellow flowers and evergreen leaves which yield an acrid volatile oil, formerly used medicinally as a narcotic and stimulant 蕓香 (Archaic name herb of grace)→comparegoat's-rue , meadow rue , wall rue

4. PHRASE If you rue the day that you did something, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results. 后悔[文學(xué)性]

You'll live to rue the day you said that to me, my girl. 我的女孩，總有一天你會后悔你曾對我說過這樣的話。