retrospect
英 [ˈret.rə.spekt]
美 [ˈret.rə.spekt]
- n. 回顾，追溯
- vi. 回顾，追溯；回想
- vt. 回顾；追忆
使用频率:
记忆方法
1. 向回看。
中文词源
retrospect 回顾，回溯
retro-,向后，往回，-spect,看，词源同 respect,spectator.
英语词源
- retrospect (n.)
- c. 1600, "a regard or reference" (to something), from Latin retrospectum, past participle of retrospicere "look back," from retro- "back" (see retro-) + specere "look at" (see scope (n.1)). Meaning "survey of past events" is from 1660s.
权威例句
- 1. The debate seems, in retrospect, to have been fixed from the beginning.
- 回想起来，这场辩论好像从一开始就被人操纵了。
- 2. It was , in retrospect, the happiest day of her life.
- 回想起来, 那是她一生最幸福的日子.
- 3. In retrospect it's obvious how we went wrong.
- 回想起来,我们是如何出的错就很明显了.
- 4. The retrospect was depressing.
- 回想起来令人沮丧.
- 5. It was a very strange feeling in retrospect — I was frightened, but excited at the same time.
- 回想起来那是一种非常奇怪的感觉——我当时既害怕又兴奋。