Jun 4, 2011 05:24
13 yrs ago
English term

Proposed translations

3 days 3 hrs
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Brief Encounter

英语里有这种说法,感觉比较地道。
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57 mins

It is much to be regretted that we could did not meet earlier.

It is much to be regretted that we could did not meet earlier.
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5 hrs

regret not to have met earlier

FYI.
Peer comment(s):

agree Francis Fine : Both Vivian and Ivan did a good job. I support J.H.'s shorter version and supplement it with a full sentence: My [only] regret is: we didn't meet earlier.
5 hrs
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agree Guei Lin
18 hrs
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agree Grace Liu
1 day 19 hrs
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agree jyuan_us
8 days
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6 hrs

feel a twinge of remorse over late acquaintance / wish we met each other earlier

hope it helps.
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3 days 23 hrs

wishing to have met sooner

用sooner代替earlier会不会更顺畅一些?
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5 days

what a shame that we had not met earlier!

an option, merely
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