单词 | retrospecting |
释义 | > as lemmasˈretrospecting ˈretrospecting adj. ΚΠ 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxviii. 413 Would perhaps have thought it derogatory..to my present Station, and too much retrospecting to my former. 1839 Calcutta Christian Observer Jan. 43 The terrible scrutiny of a retrospecting conscience. 1902 W. Cunningham in A. W. Ward et al. Cambr. Mod. Hist. I. xv. 529 It is worth while..to cast a retrospecting glance at some of the places which had been distanced in the race for wealth. 1989 C. Bernheimer Figures of Ill Repute v. 148 The romantic phrases the retrospecting lovers exchange..serve to incorporate and structure loss. < as lemmas |
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