The reason behind decisions we must make today is regrettable . 想到今日吾人非做出决定不可的原因,大家都引以为憾。
Oxford was not a very distinguished university in the eighteenth century , but samuel johnson greatly regretted that his time there had been so short , and that he had no degree 十八世界的牛津大学并不很有名,但约翰逊最引以为憾的,就是在校时间太短,以及没有取得学位。
引: draw; stretch以为: think; believe; consider憾: regret引以为傲: take pride in=be proud of引以为耻: think it a shame to...; consider it shameful; regard it as a disgrace引以为豪: enough to make oneself proud引以为鉴: take warning from...; learn a lesson from..引以为戒: take warning; be taken as a warning; learn a lesson; serve as a grave warning; take sth. as an object lesson; so as to draw lessons from...; take warning from sth引以为乐: find pleasure in引以为例: cite as examples引以为荣: take it as a great honour; cite sth. as an honour; esteem [deem] it an honour ; regard it as an honour引以为慰: take comfort in sth引以为自豪: take pride in引以为傲之物: feather in one's cap来看交通事故惨状引以为乐的好事者: these ghouls who come and stare at road accidents以为: think; believe; consider 他们以为那样做比较妥当。 they consider it better to do it that way. 我以为这不可能 。 i don't think it possible错以为: mistake a for窃以为: i presume推测,以为: guess我以为: in my apprehension; meseems; methinks误以为: take … for以为…是: think of as; think of…as以为乐: be amused with以为荣: take pride in being原以为: supposedly