英语词汇“retrospect”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	retrospect
释义	Trends of retrospect View usage for: retrospect (retrəspekt) See in retrospect retrospect in British English (ˈrɛtrəʊˌspɛkt) noun 1. the act of surveying things past (often in the phrase in retrospect) verb archaic 2. to contemplate (anything past); look back on (something) 3. (intransitive; often foll by to) to refer Word origin C17: from Latin retrōspicere to look back, from retro- + specere to look retrospect in American English (ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt) noun 1. a looking back on or thinking about things past; contemplation or survey of the past verb intransitive 2. Rare to look back in thought or refer back (to) verb transitive 3. Rare to look or think back on Idioms: in retrospect Word origin < L retrospectus, pp. of retrospicere, to look back < retro-, back + specere, to look: see spy Examples of 'retrospect' in a sentence retrospect In retrospect it looks almost like a portent. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) In retrospect it seems a knockdown price and the sale was not put out to competitive tender. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Her fight with the unions was not as predictable as it seemed in retrospect. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We all have triggers that make us do things that in retrospect we would prefer not to have done. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Although in retrospect that seems unlikely. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In retrospect, this may have been due to an increased exposure to exhaust fumes. Randolph, Theron G. & Moss, Ralph W. (contributor) An Alternative Approach to Allergies (1990) In retrospect, maybe we should have seen it coming. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In retrospect, one other exchange stands out. John Harris THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock (2003) In retrospect all looks smooth and obvious - the founders at one. Times, Sunday Times (2015) In retrospect, maybe this was the wrong thing to shout. Times, Sunday Times (2007) In retrospect, this looks like a particularly shrewd piece of management. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In retrospect, it looks as if there were too many conflicts of interest going on. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Like most critical moments in human history, it seems in retrospect to have been both. Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995) In retrospect, this seems slightly odd. Oliver Morton Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (2007) In retrospect, that seemed too simple. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In retrospect, it seemed like the one joyful moment in the long months of captivity. Paula Byrne PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson (2004) In retrospect, it looked inevitable. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In retrospect, it looks like a pretty good balance in putting a bottom under the economy without adding too much debt. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It wasn't exactly a gushing torrent, but in retrospect maybe it was crucial. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It looks, in retrospect, like a ruse that went badly wrong. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It seemed histrionic then and, in retrospect, it seems absurd. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Enigma ends on a high you couldn't possibly predict, yet which seems inevitable in retrospect. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Looks simple in retrospect to have sold at the top, but it didn't seem that way then. Times, Sunday Times (2008) One may laugh in retrospect; at the time I was frankly terrified. Eric Newby A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES (2003) Chinese translation of 'retrospect' retrospect (ˈrɛtrəspɛkt) n in retrospect 回顾(顧) (huígù) Nearby words of retrospect retort retreat retrieve retrospect return return to retweet Related terms of retrospect in retrospect (noun) in the sense of hindsight Definition when looking back on the past It was a strange feeling in retrospect. Synonyms hindsight review She has announced a review of adoption laws. afterthought re-examination survey recollection He had no recollection of the crash. remembrance He had clung to the remembrance of things past. reminiscence Opposites anticipation , foresight Additional synonyms in the sense of recollection He had no recollection of the crash. Synonyms memory, recall, impression, remembrance, reminiscence, mental image in the sense of remembrance Definition a memory He had clung to the remembrance of things past. Synonyms memory, recollection, thought, recall, recognition, retrospect, reminiscence, anamnesis in the sense of review Definition a retrospective survey She has announced a review of adoption laws. Synonyms re-examination, revision, rethink, retrospect, another look, reassessment, fresh look, second look, reconsideration, re-evaluation, recapitulation Synonyms of 'retrospect' retrospect Explore 'retrospect' in the dictionary
随便看	on the face of it on the factory floor on the fence on the fiddle on the flat on the floor on the fly on the foundation on the fritz on the front foot on the game on the go on-the-go on the ground on (the) grounds of on the grounds that ... on the half shell on the heavy side on the heels of on the hip on the home front on the home front/on the domestic front on-the-home-front-on-the-domestic-front on the hoof on the hook

　

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