Sometimes,people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings.

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This is the nostalgia or regret of the ethnographer who says, "Now as a result of this terrible Eurocentrism, as a result of the terrible ethnocentrism of the Europeans studying these things, we no longer have a savage mind."

这是人种志学者的怀旧或者遗憾，他说，现在，由于有可怕的欧洲中心主义，由于,研究这些问题的欧洲人有着可怕的种族优越感，我们不再有野性的思维“

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It's great for expressing regret, both for yourself or for a friend,

你可以为你自己或是你的朋友表达后悔之意。

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And it turns out that if you actually ask dying people, or really old people basically, "What do you regret from your life?"

结果发现，如果你问临终的人，或者很老的人，“你生命中有什么让你很后悔的？”

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Remember you can say "I'm sorry" when you wish to express your regret, your sympathy or ambiguous regret.

记住，当你想表达歉意、同情或是含糊的道歉时，你都可以用“I'm sorry”。

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