| 单词 | retroactively |
| 释义 | retroactively (once / 37052 pages) adv Things done retroactively take effect starting on a date in the past. If your boss pays you retroactively, she'll cover hours you worked in the past as well as the ones you're working today. If your water bill lists higher rates, and also announces that the new fees apply retroactively to January first, that means you already owe the water company extra money for past months. And if a musician becomes popular retroactively, it means that albums released years ago are just starting to be listened to in great numbers. Retroactively comes from the French rétroactif, "casting back," from the Latin roots retro-, "back," and agere, "to set in motion." WORD FAMILYretroactive: retroactively USAGE EXAMPLESPending Israeli legislation would retroactively legalize settlements already constructed on Palestinian land. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) There is an even bigger building boom a few miles east, in Bruchin, one of three outposts retroactively legalized in 2012 at the government’s prodding. New York Times(Mar 12, 2015) Ambassador Samantha Power referred to continued Israeli settlement construction and a recent effort to retroactively legalize dozens of illegally built settlement outposts. Time(Dec 27, 2016) adv after the fact he will get paid retroactively |
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