retrospect
英 ['retr?spekt]
美['r?tr?sp?kt]
- n. 回顧，追溯
- vi. 回顧，追溯；回想
- vt. 回顧；追憶
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?retrospects;
助記提示
1. 向回看。
中文詞源
retrospect 回顧，回溯
retro-,向后，往回，-spect,看，詞源同 respect,spectator.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The debate seems, in retrospect, to have been fixed from the beginning.
- 回想起來，這場辯論好像從一開始就被人操縱了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was , in retrospect, the happiest day of her life.
- 回想起來, 那是她一生最幸福的日子.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. In retrospect it's obvious how we went wrong.
- 回想起來,我們是如何出的錯就很明顯了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The retrospect was depressing.
- 回想起來令人沮喪.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. It was a very strange feeling in retrospect — I was frightened, but excited at the same time.
- 回想起來那是一種非常奇怪的感覺——我當時既害怕又興奮。
來自柯林斯例句