regret to do和regret doing的区别

如题所述

regret to do和regret doing有何区别:
1. regret to do 表示很遗憾地做某事,其后要接不定式;能这样用的不定式不多,主要是 to say, to tell, to inform等,此时句子主语一般是第一人称,且regret通常用现在时。如:
I regret to say that you have failed your exam. 我很遗憾地告诉你,你考试不及格。
We regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you the job. 我们遗憾地通知你,我们没法给你这份工作。
2. regret doing表示后悔或遗憾做过某事,其后通常接动名词,且动名词可用一般式或完成式。如:
He regretted doing [having done] it. 他后悔做了此事。
I regret spending [having spent] so much money. 我很后悔花了这么多钱。
比较下面两句:
I regret to say that I cannot come. 很抱歉,我不能来了。
I regret saying that I cannot come. 我后悔说过我不能来。
3. 比较以下同义句型:
我不能来,觉得很遗憾。
正:I regret being unable to come.
正:I regret that I can’t come.
他后悔说了那样的话。
正:He regretted having said that.
正:He regretted that he had said that.
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