regret doing:表示后悔或遗憾做过某事(为已经做过的的事情感到遗憾),其后通常接动名词,且动名词可用一般式或完成式。
例如:
He regretted doing [having done] it.
他后悔做了此事。
I regret disturbing yo so long.
我很抱歉打扰了你那么久。
I regret spending [having spent] so much money.
我很后悔花了这么多钱。
I regret going to tom's home yesterday.
我后悔昨天去了汤姆家。
I regret not finishing the homework.
后悔没完成作业。
I have never regret sending the old lady to hospital at the cost of missing the interview.
我从未后悔因为送那位老人家去医院而错过了面试。
I don't regret stepping out of the security of marriage.
我并不后悔放弃了婚姻所带来的安全感。
She will regret losing a close political ally.
她将为失去一个亲密的政治盟友而懊悔。