悔不當初：regret有幾種意思

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

——Inception

那麼，你是想放手一搏，還是要等到年華老去，心中充滿遺憾，孤獨地邁向黃泉路？ 

——《盜夢空間》

一、關於regret，你應該知道的用法有

n.

遺憾，後悔，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.

聽說你的父親病了我感到遺憾。

v.

1.爲…感到遺憾，後悔，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.

當心你說的話，否則你可能會後悔的。

2.有禮貌的或正式的表示抱歉、痛惜和悲傷 [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.

我不能來，甚爲抱歉。

二、最後，做個小測試鞏固一下吧

I deeply _______ what I said.
我非常後悔說了那些話。