古語有云「一子錯,滿盤皆落索」,做錯事嘅心情除咗好氣憤,都帶啲恨錯難返嘅感受,即喺後悔,可以喺後悔分手、後悔冇聽某人嘅建議、後悔冇好好學習等等,咁你又知唔知用英文可以點表達呢種後悔,想回到過去,修補錯失嘅感覺呢?事不宜遲,一齊嚟睇下喺英文又喺點講嘅呢!

 

I wish I had …
我多麼希望我曾經……

I wish I had stopped him from committing the crime.
我多麼希望,我有阻止他犯罪。

I shouldn’t have …
我不應該……

I shouldn’t have trusted you. You are such a liar!
我不應該相信你的,你這個騙子!

If only I had …
如果我有……

If only I had explained that clearly, she wouldn’t have left me.
如果我有清晰地解釋,她就不會離開我了。

If I could do it over again, I would …
如果可以重新開始,我會……

If I could do it over again, I would put more effort into studying for the exam.
如果可以重新開始,我會加倍努力,溫習考試。

Now that I know … was a bad idea.
現在我才醒覺,……是一個錯的想法。

Now that I know playing truant was a bad idea.
現在我才醒覺,逃學是一個錯的想法。

 

不過,大家都無謂糾纏喺一次嘅後悔當中,好好反省之後,都要放眼未來,但願後來嘅我們都唔洗帶住咁多遺憾。