PITY/IT'S A PITYused to talk about a situation that you wish was different or that you are sorry about 令人遗憾地SYN regretfully
[sentence adverbadv]
Regrettably, he will not be able to come.
遗憾的是他到时候来不了。
Examples from the Corpus
regrettably• Regrettably, a lot of the work in the show is of poorquality.• The poor and disadvantaged will, regrettably, be the ones to suffer as a result of the new law.• As for this debut, it comes to us regrettably before its time.• Today, regrettably, Churchillian honesty in high places is less fashionable.• The incident had simply been a regrettablydramatic way to begin his first week home from Ireland.• Over the years, more money has been put into education, but regrettably in certain areas little has been achieved.• Some of these incidents occurred, regrettably, in public.• Mr. Hart's comments were regrettablyinappropriate.• Regrettably Jousse's work has not been translated into English.• The two works choreographed by Alley have regrettably little to offer where danceidioms are concerned.• We have considered a topic which is, perhaps regrettably, not at the centre of Anglicanattention.• Attempts to denigrate his playing simply because of his popularity are misplaced but regrettablywidespread.