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 ruefulness
 悲傷;憐憫;可憐

 Rue·ful a.
 1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
 2. Expressing sorrow. “Rueful faces.”
    Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks.   --Sir W. Scott.
 -- Rue*ful*ly, adv. -- Rue*ful*ness, n.
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 ruefulness
      n : sadness associated with some wrong done or some
          disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he
          wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the
          error cost him the game" [syn: sorrow, regret, rue]