1REGRET/FEEL SORRYfeeling sad because you do not want to do what you are doing 遗憾地;惋惜地
‘I must go, ’ he said regretfully.
“我必须走了。”他遗憾地说。
2[sentence adverbadv]REGRET/FEEL SORRY formal used to talk about a situation that you wish was different or that you are sorry about 遗憾的是;很抱歉SYN regrettably
Regretfully, we do not have time to continue this discussion now.
很抱歉,我们现在没有时间继续这一讨论。
Examples from the Corpus
regretfully• When the Muni stopped at Masonic I got off, regretfully.• "We'd better go back, " she said regretfully, "before it rains."• Because of our comparativeapproach, we must regretfullybypassinteresting problems within the individual countries.• But also that day he sent a note to the Nawab, regretfullydeclining the invitation. 28 February.• Regretfully, Elliot was forced to close the business.• No, regretfully Mrs Fielddied before it could be arranged.• In the end he sent it, regretfully, to Paul, thus adding to the latter's troubles.