● 后悔

我真不该那样。

I shouldn't have done it. *用“shouldn't have+过去分词”表示类似责备或斥责的心情，“不该……”、“要是没……”。

Oh, no! I shouldn't have done it. （哦，不！我要是不那样就好了。）

What did you do? （你干什么了？）

That was a mistake. （那是一个错误。）

I blew it. （我失败了。）

I wish I hadn't done that.

I really screwed up this time. （这次我真的给弄糟了。）

I really messed up. （我给搞糟了。）

I should have known better. （我早该弄清楚一些。）

我要是不说那话就好了。

I shouldn't have said that. *用于说了不该说的话时。

I shouldn't have said that. （我要是不说那话就好了。）

It's too late now. （现在后悔也晚了。）

I wish I wouldn't have said that.

我早该知道了。

I should have known.

He's married. （他已经结婚了。）

I should have known. （我早该知道了。）

I acted like a fool.

I should have known better. （我早该弄清楚了。）

做那种事，我也太不小心了。

It was careless of me to do so. *careless 表示“没注意的”、“漫不经心的”、“粗心大意的”。

It was thoughtless of me to do such a thing.

It was hasty of me to do so.

I was careless. （我太粗心大意了。）

我后悔我做的事。

I regret doing that.

I regret doing that. （我后悔我做的事。）

I know what you mean. （我明白你的意思。）

I regret my action(s).

I repent my action(s).

I am sorry for what I have done.

我别无选择。

I had no choice.

Why did you drive my car? （你为什么开我的车？）

I had no choice. （我别无他法。）

I couldn't help it.

I had no other choice.

I had no choice in the matter.

There was nothing else I couldn't have done.

It was my only choice.

我做得太过了。

I went too far. *比较常用的固定短语。

You shouldn't have done that. （你不该那样做。）

I know, I went too far. （我知道，我做得太过分了。）

I overdid it.

我太紧张了。

I was too nervous. *也可用来辩解。

Did you ask her out? （你约她了吗？）

No, I was too nervous. （没有，我太紧张了。）

I was too uptight.

我要是再用功点就好了。

I wish I had studied harder.

I regret not studying harder. （我后悔没有更努力学习。）

I should have studied harder.

我要是问他一下就好了。

I should have asked him.

I should have asked him. （我要是问他一下就好了。）

Why didn't you? （那你为什么不问呢？）

I wish I had asked him.

It would have been better to have asked him.

不留神给忘了。

It slipped my mind.

Did you remember to tell her? （你没忘了告诉她吧？）

Sorry, it slipped my mind. （对不起，我不小心给忘了。）

I just forgot.

I forgot all about it. （我忘得一干二净。）

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