hindsight
hindsight 英 [ˈhaɪndsaɪt] 美 [ˈhaɪndˌsaɪt]
n. 后见之明；枪的照门
名词复数:hindsights
- People who are able to look back on the past and understand what happened have hindsight. If you go skating on a frozen lake and it cracks, in hindsight you'd know you should've paid attention to the giant "danger" sign.
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- n. 后见之明；枪的照门
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1. We are all products of our time, and we only have hindsight.
我们都是时代的产物，而我们都只有事后聪明。
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2. However, after the shock subsides and the person is able to look back through the lens of time, I believe that, in hindsight, that surprise factor will lessen.
然而，一旦相关人感到震撼的情绪平静下来，能够回顾事情经过之后，我相信，以我的后知之明，那种惊诧感会变弱的。
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3. With the benefit of hindsight, what different steps would you have taken?
有事后觉悟的帮助，你会采取哪些不同的步骤呢？
- hindsight (n.) 1806, "backsight of a firearm," from hind (adj.) + sight (n.). Meaning "a seeing what has happened, a seeing after the event what ought to have been done" is attested by 1862, American English, (in proverbial "If our foresight was as good as our hindsight, it would be an easy matter to get rich"), probably formed as a humorous opposition to older foresight (q.v.).
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