我真不該那樣。

I shouldn’t have done it. *用“shouldn’t have+過去分詞”表示類似責備或斥責的心情，“不該……”、“要是沒……”。

Oh, no! I shouldn’t have done it. (哦，不!我要是不那樣就好了。)

What did you do? (你干什么了?)

That was a mistake. (那是一個錯誤。)

I blew it. (我失敗了。)

I wish I hadn’t done that。

I really screwed up this time. (這次我真的給弄糟了。)

I really messed up. (我給搞糟了。)

I should have known better. (我早該弄清楚一些。)

我要是不說那話就好了。

I shouldn’t have said that. *用于說了不該說的話時。

I shouldn’t have said that. (我要是不說那話就好了。)

It’s too late now. (現在后悔也晚了。)

I wish I wouldn’t have said that。

我早該知道了。

I should have known。

He’s married. (他已經結婚了。)

I should have known. (我早該知道了。)

I acted like a fool。

I should have known better. (我早該弄清楚了。)

做那種事，我也太不小心了。

It was careless of me to do so. *careless 表示“沒注意的”、“漫不經心的”、“粗心大意的”。

It was thoughtless of me to do such a thing。

It was hasty of me to do so。

I was careless. (我太粗心大意了。)

我后悔我做的事。

I regret doing that。

I regret doing that. (我后悔我做的事。)

I know what you mean. (我明白你的意思。)

I regret my action(s)。

I repent my action(s)。

I am sorry for what I have done。

我別無選擇。

I had no choice。

Why did you drive my car? (你為什么開我的車?)

I had no choice. (我別無他法。)

I couldn’t help it。

I had no other choice。

I had no choice in the matter。

There was nothing else I couldn’t have done。

It was my only choice。

我做得太過了。

I went too far. *比較常用的固定短語。

You shouldn’t have done that. (你不該那樣做。)

I know, I went too far. (我知道，我做得太過分了。)

I overdid it。

我太緊張了。

I was too nervous. *也可用來辯解。

Did you ask her out? (你約她了嗎?)

No, I was too nervous. (沒有，我太緊張了。)

I was too uptight。

我要是再用功點就好了。

I wish I had studied harder。

I regret not studying harder. (我后悔沒有更努力學習。)

I should have studied harder。

我要是問他一下就好了。

I should have asked him。

I should have asked him. (我要是問他一下就好了。)

Why didn’t you? (那你為什么不問呢?)

I wish I had asked him。

It would have been better to have asked him。

不留神給忘了。

It slipped my mind。

Did you remember to tell her? (你沒忘了告訴她吧?)

Sorry, it slipped my mind. (對不起，我不小心給忘了。)

I just forgot。

I forgot all about it. (我忘得一干二凈。)