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。)