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retrospect

/re-truh-spekt/US // ˈrɛ trəˌspɛkt //UK // (ˈrɛtrəʊˌspɛkt) //

回头看,回顾,回望,回忆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to look back in thought; refer back: to retrospect to a period in one's youth.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to look back upon; contemplate retrospectively.

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Examples

  • I think that in retrospect I should have asked that the piece be held.

  • Where there really is … The vertical nature of a lot of places, including the shop that I ran, I find to be, in retrospect, a big mistake, because it makes people feel like that they either have to rise up or leave.

  • He also said that “in retrospect” it was a mistake to partner with the group.

  • In retrospect, the pandemic not only fueled PC market demand but also created opportunities that resulted in a market expansion.

  • It seems, in retrospect, almost inevitable that I would think of Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales.

  • To say this is not to ignore its radical character, especially in retrospect.

  • “In retrospect, I think we were both surprised,” recalled Singh.

  • In retrospect, 2009 and 2010 were halcyon days in the Middle East, now that we seem just one horseman short of an apocalypse.

  • “Only in retrospect did we appreciate our good fortune in being part of a utopian experiment in American journalism,” she writes.

  • He struck many people there, at the time, not in retrospect, as arrogant and cold.

  • The retrospect will reveal to them a busy, thronging life underlying the serenity of history.

  • It is only in the retrospect that we have been able to grasp something of the effectual case against us.

  • He actually enjoyed in retrospect the humiliation of the man, and his heart beat with the excitement of hearing more.

  • An impartial retrospect will not permit a commendation of the plan.

  • It was seen plainly in retrospect; he had not noticed it much at the time.