the feeling of being extremely sorry for something wrong or bad that you have done懊悔；非常遗憾；自责- I felt guilty and full of remorse.我感到内疚，并且非常懊悔。🔊🔊
- She felt no remorse at leaving them without notice.她毫无悔意地离开他们，没有通知。
- remorse for (doing) something He was filled with remorse for not believing her.他因为没有相信她而懊悔不已。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- He died without remorse.他死而无憾。
- He felt some remorse at his actions.他对自己的行为感到有些懊悔。
- I suffered no remorse.我一点儿也不后悔。
- She felt a sharp pang of remorse over the incident.她对这次事件感到一阵深深的自责。
- She knew that the next day she would be full of remorse.她知道自己第二天就会感到懊悔。
- She was filled with remorse for the crime.她对犯下的罪行深感懊悔。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective… of remorseverb + remorse- be filled with
- be full of
- be overcome with
- …
preposition- without remorse
- remorse at
- remorse for
- …
phrases- buyer’s remorse
- a feeling of remorse
See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French remors, from medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordere ‘vex’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + mordere ‘to bite’.