"We are forming a committee to investigate these regrettable incidents in order to ascertain their cause so as to avoid them in the future" is weaselly corporate-speak, but it is grammatically active.
“我们正组织一个委员会来调查这些令人遗憾的事故，以便确定它们发生的原因，以避免它们今后再重复”是企业的推诿说法，但它在语法上是主动语气。
It is regrettable that you should make such a remark.
很可惜你竟然说这些话。
Peter Cadbury, a great- grandson, said: “It is regrettable that a company which took 186 years to build up has had its future decided by investors whose aims are short term.
曾孙彼得•卡德伯里(PeterCadbury)则表示：“很遗憾，一家用186年造就的公司，已把自己的未来交到那些关注短期目标的投资者手中。”
Though the people in the world are all opposed to war, they can by no means avoid it. This is indeed a regrettable thing.
虽然世界的人民都反对和平，但是他们却无法能够避免它。这确实是件非常令人遗憾的事情。
It is regrettable to see an order dropped owning to no agreement on price; however, we wish to recommend you another quality at a lower price for your consideration.
很遗憾，因为无法就价格达成协议，失去了一个订单。但我们仍建议你们考虑较低价格的另一品级。
In this world, it is exactly the lack of wisdom that causes many regrettable things to happen. Therefore, wisdom is supremely precious, either in a worldly sense or spiritually.
世间很多令人后悔之事的发生，都是因为缺乏智慧的缘故，可见不论是世间还是出世间，智慧都是无比珍贵的。
It is a sad and regrettable reality that through history our islands have experienced more than their fair share of heartache, turbulence and loss.
这是一项悲伤和遗憾的现实，在过往的历史中，我们两国都经历了超乎应当公平承受的苦恼、震荡和损失。
The trend of reading less literature is all the more regrettable because it is taking place during a period when good literature is being written.
当想到这是一个不乏好作品的时候，文学作品阅读量的减少更显得令人遗憾了。
What is most regrettable, however, is that I sold off all of the works I had and now if I wanted to buy them back, even at a high price, it would be difficult.
但是很遗憾，我们几乎出售了手中所有的作品，以至于我个人想用高价买回这些作品都变得十分困难。
But when external conditions changed, it failed to adjustment according to the time and led to the lack of literary art of a long time, we can't help but say this is a regrettable imperfect.
但是当外部条件转变之后，却没能及时调整，导致了文学作品在长时间内艺术性的缺失，这不能不说是一种遗憾。
But when external conditions changed, it failed to adjustment according to the time and led to the lack of literary art of a long time, we can't help but say this is a regrettable imperfect.
但是当外部条件转变之后，却没能及时调整，导致了文学作品在长时间内艺术性的缺失，这不能不说是一种遗憾。
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