单词 | in retrospect |
释义 | in retrospectLooking backward, reflecting on the past. For example, In retrospect, he regarded his move as the best thing he'd ever done. This idiom employs retrospect in the sense of “a view of the past.” [Second half of 1600s] Words nearby in retrospectin rem, in rerum natura, in reserve, in-residence, in respect to, in retrospect, in return, I.N.R.I., inrigger, inro, inroad The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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