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rue n.后悔，遗憾 rue (v.) "feel regret," Old English hreowan "make sorry, distress, grieve" (class II strong verb; past tense hreaw, past participle hrowen), from Proto-Germanic *khrewan (cognates: Old Frisian riowa, Middle Dutch rouwen, Old Dutch hrewan, German reuen "to sadden, cause repentance"); in part, blended with Old English weak verb hreowian "feel pain or sorrow," and perhaps influenced by Old Norse hryggja "make sad," both from Proto-Germanic *khruwjan, all from PIE root *kreue- (2) "to push, strike" (see anacrusis). Related: Rued; ruing.rue (n.1) perennial evergreen shrub, late 14c., from Old French rue (13c.), earlier rude, from Latin ruta "rue," probably from Greek rhyte, of uncertain etymology, originally a Peloponnesian word. The bitter taste of its leaves led to many punning allusions to rue (n.2.).rue (n.2) "sorrow, repentance," Old English hreow "grief, repentance, sorrow, regret, penitence," common Germanic (Frisian rou, Middle Dutch rou, Dutch rouw, Old High German (h)riuwa, German reue), related to the root of rue (v.).rue (n.3) French for "street," from Vulgar Latin *ruga (source also of Old Italian ruga), properly "a furrow," then in Medieval Latin "a path, street" (see rough (adj.)). 【记】ruin 毁了，完了，破产了，这个后悔啊；音：辱，受到羞辱，只怪自己少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲→后悔；音：侮，侮的字形象悔；sorrow 由so + rue 组成，如此后悔就是sorry【相关】sorrow (悲伤 悔恨) 可看成 so rue；

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[ru:] 【英】 n. 后悔，遗憾 (repent or regret)【考】 longing : pine / remorse : rue(因渴望而憔悴/因懊 悔而悲伤)反义词：satisfactio n(满意) n. 后悔; 遗憾【记】读: 鲁伊(科斯塔), 他在佛罗伦萨效力多年没有冠军－后悔.【类】longing: pine = remorse: rue因渴望而憔悴 = 因懊悔而悲伤【反】satisfaction(n 满意)

单词	rue
音标	[ru:]
解释	n.后悔，遗憾
红宝书	【英】 n. 后悔，遗憾 (repent or regret) 【考】 longing : pine / remorse : rue(因渴望而憔悴/因懊悔而悲伤)反义词：satisfactio n(满意)
字源	rue (v.) "feel regret," Old English hreowan "make sorry, distress, grieve" (class II strong verb; past tense hreaw, past participle hrowen), from Proto-Germanic khrewan (cognates: Old Frisian riowa, Middle Dutch rouwen, Old Dutch hrewan, German reuen "to sadden, cause repentance"); in part, blended with Old English weak verb hreowian "feel pain or sorrow," and perhaps influenced by Old Norse hryggja "make sad," both from Proto-Germanic khruwjan, all from PIE root kreue- (2) "to push, strike" (see anacrusis). Related: Rued; ruing. rue (n.1) perennial evergreen shrub, late 14c., from Old French rue (13c.), earlier rude, from Latin ruta "rue," probably from Greek rhyte, of uncertain etymology, originally a Peloponnesian word. The bitter taste of its leaves led to many punning allusions to rue (n.2.). rue (n.2) "sorrow, repentance," Old English hreow "grief, repentance, sorrow, regret, penitence," common Germanic (Frisian rou, Middle Dutch rou, Dutch rouw, Old High German (h)riuwa, German reue), related to the root of rue (v.). rue (n.3) French for "street," from Vulgar Latin ruga (source also of Old Italian ruga), properly "a furrow," then in Medieval Latin "a path, street" (see rough (adj.)).
不择手段背单词	n. 后悔; 遗憾【记】读: 鲁伊(科斯塔), 他在佛罗伦萨效力多年没有冠军－后悔. 【类】longing: pine = remorse: rue因渴望而憔悴 = 因懊悔而悲伤【反】satisfaction(n 满意)
趣味全助记	【记】ruin 毁了，完了，破产了，这个后悔啊；音：辱，受到羞辱，只怪自己少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲→后悔；音：侮，侮的字形象悔；sorrow 由so + rue 组成，如此后悔就是sorry 【相关】sorrow (悲伤悔恨) 可看成 so rue；

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