● 后悔

我真不該那樣。
I shouldn't have done it. *用“shouldn't have+過去分詞”表示類似責(zé)備或斥責(zé)的心情，“不該……”、“要是沒……”。
Oh, no! I shouldn't have done it. （哦，不！我要是不那樣就好了。）
What did you do? （你干什么了？）
That was a mistake. （那是一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤。）
I blew it. （我失敗了。）
I wish I hadn't done that.
I really screwed up this time. （這次我真的給弄糟了。）
I really messed up. （我給搞糟了。）
I should have known better. （我早該弄清楚一些。）

我要是不說(shuō)那話就好了。
I shouldn't have said that. *用于說(shuō)了不該說(shuō)的話時(shí)。
I shouldn't have said that. （我要是不說(shuō)那話就好了。）
It's too late now. （現(xiàn)在后悔也晚了。）
I wish I wouldn't have said that.

我早該知道了。
I should have known.
He's married. （他已經(jīng)結(jié)婚了。）
I should have known. （我早該知道了。）
I acted like a fool.
I should have known better. （我早該弄清楚了。）

做那種事，我也太不小心了。
It was careless of me to do so. *careless 表示“沒注意的”、“漫不經(jīng)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.

我別無(wú)選擇。
I had no choice.
Why did you drive my car? （你為什么開我的車？）
I had no choice. （我別無(wú)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.

我做得太過了。
I went too far. *比較常用的固定短語(yǔ)。
You shouldn't have done that. （你不該那樣做。）
I know, I went too far. （我知道，我做得太過分了。）
I overdid it.

我太緊張了。
I was too nervous. *也可用來(lái)辯解。
Did you ask her out? （你約她了嗎？）
No, I was too nervous. （沒有，我太緊張了。）
I was too uptight.

我要是再用功點(diǎn)就好了。
I wish I had studied harder.
I regret not studying harder. （我后悔沒有更努力學(xué)習(xí)。）
I should have studied harder.

我要是問他一下就好了。
I should have asked him.
I should have asked him. （我要是問他一下就好了。）
Why didn't you? （那你為什么不問呢？）
I wish I had asked him.
It would have been better to have asked him.

不留神給忘了。
It slipped my mind.
Did you remember to tell her? （你沒忘了告訴她吧？）
Sorry, it slipped my mind. （對(duì)不起，我不小心給忘了。）
I just forgot.
I forgot all about it. （我忘得一干二凈。）