retrospect 英 [ˈretrəspekt]   美 [ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt]

retrospect

retrospect  英 [ˈretrəspekt] 美 [ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt]

n. 回顾,追忆 

进行时:retrospecting  过去式:retrospected  过去分词:retrospected  第三人称单数:retrospects  名词复数:retrospects 

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。

  • In retrospect — that is, in looking back and contemplating the past — we sometimes find ourselves wishing that we had done some things differently.
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  • n. 回顾,追忆
  • 1. In retrospect, I think that I was wrong.

    回首往事,我觉得当时我错了。

  • 2. The decision seems extremely odd, in retrospect.

    回想起来,这个决定显得极其荒谬。

  • retrospect (n.) c. 1600, "a regard or reference" (to something), from Latin retrospectum, past participle of retrospicere "look back," from retro- "back" (see retro-) + specere "look at" (from PIE root *spek- "to observe"). Meaning "survey of past events" is from 1660s.
retro·spect / ˈretrəspekt ; NAmE ˈretrəspekt / noun IDIOM in retrospect thinking about a past event or situation, often with a different opinion of it from the one you had at the time 回顾;回想;追溯往事 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。 retrospect retrospects retro·spect / ˈretrəspekt ; NAmE ˈretrəspekt /
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