ruefully

基本解释

He says ruefully that he would testify that he assaulted the condemned to make them talk.
他悔恨地表示他将会作证证明他攻击了那几名死刑犯，以逼他们开口说话。
Obama reacted to the defeats by ruefully observing: "Some election nights are better than others" and accepting he had taken a "shellacking" from the voters.
作为回应，奥巴马有些悲伤地承认“有些选举的确比别的来的让人开心”，也坦诚他被选民彻底“打败”了。
A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate cancer he sits shaking his head ruefully. "It's like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid.
在他被诊断出患有前列腺癌的一年半之后，他坐在那里，悲天悯人地摇着头，说：“长大以后，我好像就不知道怎样生活了。

Then, just as quickly, his eyes narrow and he gazes ruefully down the street.
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The gimmick didn't help his Web site go public or even deliver sales, Carfaro ruefully admits.
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Once she noted ruefully: "such hearty shakes as they gave my poor little hand too!"
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