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retrospection

/re-truh-spek-shuhn/US // ˌrɛ trəˈspɛk ʃən //UK // (ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛkʃən) //

回顾,回头看,回想,回溯

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
    • : a survey of past events or experiences.

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Examples

  • The second half of the episode dove into the mandated 30 minutes of retrospection necessary for any series finale.

  • Even if this is true, (indeed, if this is the case, it only aggravates the insult); avoid such retrospection.

  • For two or three minutes the illusion remained, till it was banished by retrospection.

  • But far more exalted pleasures of memory and retrospection await the Christian in a future world.

  • In sober retrospection it was almost incredible that the thin khaki line had held against the overwhelming odds which faced it.

  • He persuaded his sisters, therefore, to walk out with him, to while away at once expectation and retrospection.