retrospect

/ˈretrəspekt/📚 8507 101 1六级考研托福雅思

When you consider something in retrospect, you think about it afterward, and often have a different opinion about it from the one that you had at the time. ^回想

noun [具体名词]回顾，回想

In retrospect, I wish that I had thought about alternative courses of action.
回想起来，我真希望自己当初考虑过其他的行动方案。

verb [vt. 及物动词]回顾，追溯

The decision seems extremely odd, in retrospect.
回想起来，这个决定显得极其荒谬。

retro- 表示“向后，倒退”retrospect 回顾，回想（retro+spect 看→向后看）

-spect- spic = look, see,表示 “看”retrospect v. 回顾，回想（retro 向后+spect 看→向后看 →回顾）

n. 回顾，追溯

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相关词汇

近义词review/rɪˈvjuː/n. 评论；回顾；复习；检讨；检阅

复合词retrospective/ˌretrəˈspektɪv/adj. 回顾的；怀旧的；可追溯的

复合词retrospection/ˌretrəˈspekʃn/n.回顾,回想,追溯

关联词inspect/ɪnˈspekt/vt. 检查；视察；检阅

词组	含义	例句
in retrospect	回顾；回顾往事；检讨过去	In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning. ^{回想起来，我觉得我的婚姻从一开始就注定要失败。}