rueful
['ru:ful]
adj. 可怜的；悲伤的；悔恨的
同义词
参考例子
1.The rueful if inevitable step of a country running low on political capital will not be mistaken as a positive beginning.
如果一个国家的政治资本不可避免的越来越少，那么悔恨将不会被误认为是一个积极的开端。
2.One Confucian Chinese says with a rueful smile that most of the pretty girls at university were Christians–and would date only other Christians.
一名孔夫子信徒苦笑着表示，在大学里绝大多数漂亮女孩都是基督徒，并且她们只跟其他的基督徒约会。
3."I stand in my synagogue and pray to God and have an intense relationship with God, and yet I don't believe in God, " Lipton confessed with a rueful grin.
李普顿苦笑著承认：「我站在我的犹太教堂里向神祷告，并且和神有强烈的关系，但是我却不相信神。」
英文解释
adj.
1.feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
网络释义
rueful
悔恨的; 抱憾的; 令人同情的，后悔的，懊恼的; 悲伤的，可怜的;
a rueful smile
抱憾的微笑;
commiserative pitying rueful
怜悯的;
Reckless youth makes rueful age
虚度青春，悔恨无已。;
lamentable pathetic piteous pitiful poor rueful woeful
可怜的;