rue

rue1
(rues, rued 或rueing, ruing)
  1. [with obj.]bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone
    对…感到懊悔，对…感到后悔；对…感到悔恨
    Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer.
    弗格森将后悔那天拒绝那个提议。
    she might live to rue this impetuous decision.
    她可能会对一时冲动作出的这个决定后悔一辈子。
noun
  1. [mass noun](archaic)repentance; regret
    (古)懊悔，后悔，悔恨
    with rue my heart is laden.
    我内心充满悔恨。
    ■compassion; pity
    同情；怜悯
    tears of pitying rue.
    同情的眼泪。
语源
  1. Old English hrēow 'repentance', hrēowan 'affect with contrition', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw 'mourning' and German Reue 'remorse'
rue2
noun
  1. a perennial evergreen shrub with bitter strong-scented lobed leaves which are used in herbal medicine
    芸香
  2. Ruta graveolens, family Rutaceae
    拉丁名Ruta graveolens，芸香科
    ■used in names of other plants that resemble rue, especially in leaf shape, e.g. goat's rue, meadow rue, and wall rue
    ［用于像芸香尤其是叶子形状像芸香的其他植物名中，如goat's rue, meadow rue和wall rue]
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek rhutē
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