This is indeed a regrettable thing.

这确实是件非常令人遗憾的事情。

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In a statement on the company's home page entitled "Sorry", Chris Yeh, head of the Yahoo! Developer Network, said: "This incident is regrettable and we apologise to anyone that we have offended."

雅虎网络开发部的负责人Chris Yeh在公司主页上发布的一篇题为《抱歉》的声明，他在声明中说：“我们非常抱歉这次出现了这样的事故，我们向所有被冒犯的人表示歉意。”

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But many companies still believe that, in this respect at least, there is a regrettable tension between the dictates of ethics and the logic of business.

但许多公司仍然认为，在这方面，至少在道德约束和商业逻辑之间存在一个令人遗憾的不和谐关系。

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"During my time in politics I have never seen a situation like this and it is regrettable that we have to do this, " he said.

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And yet, people keep getting those very kinds of tattoos. (This photo gallery of regrettable celebrity tattoos on Yahoo is good for a laugh, or a cringe.) I know a woman with Lily Munster covering most of her upper arm.

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