regret

regret /r'gret/ v (-tt- )

(က) ဝမ်းနည်းသည်။ စိတ်ထိခိုက်သည် (သို့) နောင်တရသည်။
His death was regretted by all. ❍ If you go now, you'll regret it (ie You will wish you had, stayed). ❍ You ought to buy a microwave; you won't regret it. ❍ I don't regret what I said. ❍ I regret (his) ever having raised the matter. ❍ (fml ) It is to be regretted that so many young people leave school without qualifications.
(ခ) စိတ်မကောင်းဖြစ်သည်။ ဝမ်းနည်းသည်။
We regret any inconvenience caused. ❍ The terrorists issued a statement regretting the boy's death. ❍ I regret that I cannot help. ❍ We regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful. ❍ The experiment was a failure, I regret to say.
n [U, C] ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်း။ စိတ်မကောင်းခြင်း။
feel regret about a missed opportunity ❍ express regret at sb's death ❍ It is with profound/ deep/ great regret that I have to announce the closure of the factory. ❍ Much to my regret, I am unable to accept your invitation. ❍ I have no regrets about leaving. ❍ My only regret is that I didn't leave sooner.
❏ regretful /-fl/ adj ဝမ်းပန်းတနည်း။ ဝမ်းနည်းပန်းနည်း။ စိတ်မကောင်းသော(တဲ့)။ ‘I'll have to go now. ’ She sounded regretful.
❏ regretfully /-fǝli/ adv ညှိုးငယ်စွာ။ စိတ်မချမ်းမြေ့စွာဖြင့်။ ဝမ်းနည်းစွာ။ He shook his head regretfully. ❍ Regretfully, I must decline.
❏ regrettable /-ǝbl/ adj စိတ်မကောင်းစရာ။ ဝမ်းနည်းဖွယ်။ a regrettable failure/ lapse/ mistake ❍ Her rudeness was most regrettable. ❍ It is regrettable that the police were not informed sooner.
❏ regrettably /-ǝbli/ adv အားမရစရာကောင်းလောက် အောင်။ ဝမ်းနည်းစွာ။ regrettably slow progress ❍ Regrettably, the experiment ended in failure.