记忆方法
将“hindsight”分解为“hiney”（想象一个害羞的屁股）和“sight”（看见），记忆方法是：想象你害羞地看到了事物的“全部真相”（屁股所看到的），即“事后诸葛亮”的含义。
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词族 · hindsight
词形变化
中文词源
hindsight 事后聪明，事后诸葛亮
hind,后面的，sight,看。比喻用法。
英语词源
- hindsight (n.)
- by 1841, "backsight of a firearm," from hind (adj.) + sight. Meaning "seeing what has happened" is attested by 1862, American English, (in proverbial "If our foresight was as good as our hindsight, it would be an easy matter to get rich"), probably a formation on the model of foresight.
权威例句
- 1. With hindsight, we'd all do things differently.
- 有了事后的认识，我们都会以不同的方式行事。
- 2. With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him.
- 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。
- 3. With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear we ought to have done more.
- 事后看来，我们显然本该做得更多。
- 4. Even with the benefit of hindsight, I doubt I would change anything if I had my time again.
- 就算是事后已经一切明了，如果让我重来一次，我也不确定自己是否会作出改变。
- 5. With hindsight, he was overestimating their desire for peace.
- 事后看来，他高估了他们对和平的渴望。