Question

John regretted ______ to the meeting last week.

A) not going                              B) not to go

C) not having been going                  D) not to be going

Answer 1

A

解析:

这类动词之后可用动名词或不定式。但表达的含义却截然不同。regret后接动名词时，意思是后悔做过某事；当后接动词不定式时其意义又是表示后悔去做某事。例如：I regret not to have started earlier. 我懊悔没有早一点出发(或开始)。She regretted having missed the train. 她没有赶上火车感到很懊恼。而且regret之后也可接that + clause，也表示“对……感到懊悔”：，故本题选择A。