“悔不当初”用英文怎么表达？

        悔不当初，指后悔不在当初采取另一种行动。出自唐代薛昭纬《谢银工》诗：“早知文字多辛苦，悔不当初学冶银。”

Wish and If only

谈论后悔的事、过去和现在想改变的事情

Talking about the present

谈论现在

eg.

•If only I didn’t have so much homework I could go to the concert tonight. She has a lot of homework and she can’t go to the concert.

•I wish you didn’t live so far away.

•I wish I knew what to do.

当我们谈到现在后悔的事，wish和if only都跟过去一般时。过去时强调我们谈论的是不真实的事情。

Talking about the past

谈论过去

eg.

•I wish I’d studied harder when I was at school. He didn’t study harder when he was at school.

•I wish I hadn’t eaten all that chocolate. I feel sick.

•If only I’d known you were coming.



当谈论过去后悔的事，wish和if only都跟过去完成时。

Wish/if only and would

eg.

•I wish you wouldn’t borrow my clothes without asking.

•I wish it would rain. The garden really needs some water.

•I wish you’d give up smoking. it’s really bad for you.

NB We can only use wish + would to talk about things we can’t change.

注：我们只能用wish + would谈论我们不能改变的事。

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