Mr. McWhorter's academic speciality is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom, ” for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.

荷特先的术专长在于语 言史和语言演变。举例来说，他认为“whom”一词的逐渐消失是自然的，并不比古英语中词格尾缀的消失更让惋惜。

Anti-apartheid groups have praised the decision, but the State Department says business pullouts are regrettable.

反种族隔离组织对这一决策表示赞扬，但美国国务院表示，此举令遗憾。

Low status comes to seem not just regrettable, but also deserved.

地位低下似乎不仅令遗憾， 而且是罪有应得。

International officials, including U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo are not saying Iran was behind it and Iran's government called the incident quote, " alarming and regrettable" .

国际官员，包括美国国务Pompeo在内的国际官员并没有说伊朗是幕后黑手，伊朗政府表示这一事件是" 令震惊和遗憾" 的。

The Danish leader called the postponement regrettable and surprising but said repeatedly that the cancellation does not change the good relations between America and Denmark.

丹领导称延期令遗憾和惊讶，但反复强调取消并不会改变美国和丹之间的良好关系。

And he said it was regrettable that North Korea was taking these actions.

他表示，朝鲜采取这些行动令深感遗憾。

Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, called the missile tests " extremely regrettable" .

日本首相安倍晋三称，此次导弹试射“非常令遗憾”。

" Regrettable, but all the same, Minerva-" Cornelius Fudge was saying loudly.

“真令遗憾，不过没有办法，米勒娃——”康奈利·福吉大声说道。

He called taking education away from girls " regrettable" in a message published on Twitter.

他在推特上发布的一条消息中称，剥夺女孩的教育权是“令遗憾的”。

Han called his impeachment " regrettable, " but said he respects the assembly's decision.

韩德洙称对他的弹劾“令遗憾”，但他说他尊重议会的决定。

Lee called North Korea's demolishment of the Inter-Korean Liaison Center " regrettable" .

李仁荣称朝鲜拆除朝韩联络中心“令遗憾”。

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called last week's blowup with President Trump 'regrettable.'

乌克兰总统泽连斯基称上周与特朗普总统的争吵“令遗憾。”

Most regrettable, and it is of the utmost importance that nothing further should leak out.

非常不幸，而且至关重要的是不能再透露出风声了。

You object, Humphrey? - It might be regrettable if we upset the Americans.

你反对？- 如果我们惹恼美国的话也许事情会很难办。

Ms Raja, however, sees not just a regrettable history-induced bias that should certainly be addressed in future, but also a continuing pillage of poor countries by the scientific establishments of rich places more powerful than they.

然而，拉贾女士认为这是一种令遗憾的历史导致的偏见，这种偏见肯定应该在未来得到解决，而且还看到了富国的科机构对穷国的持续掠夺（富国的科机构比他们更强大）。

Then, one of the most ridiculous and regrettable fashion trends in human history nearly wiped them off the continent, the beaver hat.

然后，类历史上最荒谬最令可惜的时尚潮流之一，几乎将它们从北美洲抹去海狸皮帽。

Dear Mr. Hagrid, Further to our inquiry into the attack by a Hippogriff on a student in your class, we have accepted the assurances of Professor Dumbledore that you bear no responsibility for the regrettable incident.

我们进一步调查了你班上发的鹰头马身有翼兽攻击的事件，我们接受了邓布利多教授的保证，认定你对于此次令遗憾之事件不负任何责任。

And, yes, Ove could have established a better negotiating position if he'd immediately apologized about it and maybe even agreed that it was regrettable that he'd intentionally put the man in the white shirt in this nonvehicular predicament.

如果欧维立刻就此道歉，甚至承认让他身处这般困境完全没有必要，他从中斡旋的余地可能还更大一些。

And he sees the gradual disappearance of " whom, " for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.

举例来说，他认为 “whom” 一词的逐渐消失是自然的，和古英语中词格尾缀的消失一样根本没什么可遗憾的。

Nevertheless the fact remains that he boo-booed, that such errors, while unavoidable at times at this stage, are most regrettable and apt to cast a slur upon the material as a whole.

尽管如此，事实仍然是，他犯错了，这类的错误虽然在现阶段，有时是不可避免 的，但却是最令遗憾的，容易给整个资料带来污点。