retrospect

英 [ˈretrəspekt]

美 [ˈretrəspekt]

n.  回顾，回想
vt.&vi.  回顾; 追溯

复数：retrospects　现在分词：retrospecting　过去式：retrospected　第三人称单数：retrospects　过去分词：retrospected　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9533 / COCA.8344

习惯用语

n.

in retrospect
• 回顾；回想；追溯往事
  thinking about a past event or situation, often with a different opinion of it from the one you had at the time
• In retrospect, I think that I was wrong.
  回首往事，我觉得当时我错了。
• The decision seems extremely odd, in retrospect.
  回想起来，这个决定显得极其荒谬。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 回顾;回想
  When you consider somethingin retrospect, you think about it afterwards, and often have a different opinion about it from the one that you had at the time.
  1. In retrospect, I wish that I had thought about alternative courses of action...
     回想起来，我真希望自己当时考虑过其他做法。
  2. It was a very strange feeling in retrospect — I was frightened, but excited at the same time.
     回想起来那是一种非常奇怪的感觉——我当时既害怕又兴奋。

英英释义

noun

• contemplation of things past
  1. in retrospect

verb

• look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events)
  1. she reviewed her achievements with pride
  Synonym:reviewlook back

双语例句

• I believe that, even if your childhood again hard, in retrospect you will be very happy.
  我相信，即使你的童年再艰苦，回想起来你也会很开心。
• What can be more gratifying than such a retrospect as this?
  有什么能比如此的回顾更让人心悦？
• In retrospect, that may have been a mistake, the official said.
  这名官员说，现在回想起来，那可能是一个错误。
• In retrospect I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.
  回想起来，我的婚姻从一开始就注定会失败。
• The debate seems, in retrospect, to have been fixed from the beginning.
  回想起来，这场辩论好像从一开始就被人操纵了。
• In retrospect, it's easy to see why we were wrong.
  回顾一下，就可以很容易看到为什么我们错了。
• In retrospect, it would probably have been better for globalisation to have had it the other way round.
  回想起来，对全球化而言，当时的结果如果颠倒过来或许会更好一些。
• In this paper, we concisely retrospect some recent progress and important research results on the application of statistics in seismicity.
  对统计学方法在地震活动性研究中的部分重要成果、最新研究进展进行了简要地回顾。
• History Retrospect& Significance Analysis of Establishment of "Literature" Disciplines
  文学学科确立的历史追溯和意义分析
• In retrospect, profound changes and tremendous progress have taken place in East Asia.
  回顾过去，东亚地区发生了深刻变化，取得了巨大进步。