rueful

adj.

1. 悲伤的；懊悔的；沮丧的
   feeling or showing that you are sad or sorry
   1. a rueful smile
      惨然一笑

1. ADJ-GRADED 后悔的;懊悔的;遗憾的
   If someone is rueful, they feel or express regret or sorrow in a quiet and gentle way.
   1. He shook his head and gave me a rueful smile...
      他摇了摇头，遗憾地对我笑了笑。
   2. 'Our marriage was a mistake,' she said, looking rueful.
      “我们的婚姻是个错误，”她说着，看起来懊悔不已。

1. He shook his head and gave me a rueful smile
   他摇了摇头，遗憾地对我笑了笑。
2. 'Our marriage was a mistake,' she said, looking rueful.
   “我们的婚姻是个错误，”她说着，看起来懊悔不已。
3. Mary Ann shot him a rueful look
   玛丽·安懊悔地瞥了他一眼。
4. The play is a rueful, wry observation about the way we are all subject to the ravages of time
   该剧凄然而讽刺地描述了我们大家是如何被岁月所摧残的。
5. I used to be a pretty good swimmer, I grew up in Hawaii, Obama said, before adding with a rueful smile: I am a little bit out of practice.
   我从前是个游泳好手，我在夏威夷长大，奥巴马这样回答道，但他又带着略抱憾的微笑补充说：不过我有点疏于练习了。
6. Consequently, it is safe to say that the Chinese modern writers had undergone three main psychic metastasis phases: being mixed feelings, rueful and ruptured.
   可以说，中国现代作家的对日认识，是爱恨交织、惋惜、再到决裂的三部曲。
7. That prompted a rueful commentary from Peter Costello, the Australian treasurer, who said the strong currency was discouraging inbound tourism, and making life tough for Australian exporters.
   澳元的飚升促使澳大利亚财长彼得科斯特洛（petercostello）担忧地表示，强势货币阻碍了人们赴澳旅游，并给澳大利亚出口商增添了困难。
8. Reckless youth makes rueful age.
   鲁莽的青春造成可怜的日子。
9. He pauses and gives a rueful smile.
   他停下来，并懊恼地笑了一下。
10. Ellen gave me a rueful smile.
    埃伦对我凄然一笑。
11. She could not help laughing at his rueful countenance.
    她看他愁眉苦脸，忍不住笑起来。
12. She managed a rueful little smile.
    她勉强露出颇带惆怅的一丝笑容。
13. A small gas-jet furnished sufficient light for so rueful a corner.
    一只小小的煤气喷嘴就照亮了如此可怜的一个角落。
14. One rival Wall Street executive describes Goldman ( with rueful admiration) as a bunch of clever thugs.
    一位其竞争对手的高管（带着悔恨的羡慕之情），将高盛描述成是一帮聪明的暴徒。
15. With a rueful smile, she says that her daughters ( to whom she is very close) have teased her for being "addicted" to public service, be that running a country, creating a charitable foundation or trying to help women.
    她苦涩的笑了笑，说她的女儿（她们非常亲密）曾嘲笑她对公共服务事业“上瘾”，诸如管理一个国家、建立一个慈善基金会或试图帮助妇女等。
16. He thought of her with a rueful smile.
    他苦笑着回想她。
17. The boy's first outcry was a rueful laugh
    那男孩的第一声惨叫是一声惨笑

adj

1. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

   Synonym:    contriteremorsefulruthful