I don't regret the things i have done, but those i did not do.
1. Regret 後面跟動名詞ing 或having 表達對以前自已做過的某事感到遺憾
He didn't go to the party, now he regrets not having done so,
他沒有參加聯歡會,現在他對此感到後悔
2. Regret to xx 對說話的自已馬上要做的某事感到遺憾,在中文往往可以將這個從謂語變成狀語,意思為遺憾的如何如何?
I regret to say, rents went up
說來也遺憾,租金上漲了
3. Regret後面的直接賓語也可以是一個名詞
I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and i regret nothing
我現在又老又弱,又病又窮,行將就木,但我的 靈魂仍然掌握在自已手上,我什麼遺憾也沒有
4. Regret 後如果跟著一個由that 引入的名詞從句,從句中可以自由使用各種時態,表示以前,現在或將來時發生的事或存在的狀態。
It made me regret than my student days are over
他使得我嘆息自已的學生歲月一去不復返
I think that in a few minutes you will regret you never said anything
幾分鐘後你會後悔自已什麼也沒有說
I will always regret it
我永遠會後悔