| 单词 | ex post facto |
| 释义 | ex post facto (once / 29623 pages) adj Use the adjective ex post facto to describe something that influences events in the past, like an ex post facto pay raise, which reimburses you for work you've done already. Ex post facto is a Latin phrase that essentially means "retroactive," or affecting something that's already happened. You're most likely to come across ex post facto in a legal context, since lawyers talk about ex post facto law, which can change the punishment for a crime that occurred before a law went into effect, for example. In Latin, it means "from what is done afterwards." WORD FAMILYex post facto USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe our emotions are constructed ex post facto, they proposed, as a way for us to explain our own behavior. Slate(Aug 28, 2016) It was an ex post facto decision, not the invention of a new reality. Salon(Aug 02, 2016) Enabling contracts to be impaired ex post facto is rarely good policy, but the alternative is now a haphazard default dictated by Puerto Rican politicians. Wall Street Journal(Apr 07, 2016) adj affecting things past Syn retro, retroactive retrospective concerned with or related to the past |
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