| 单词 | post-mortem |
| 释义 | post-mortemWord family nounpostcavapostdocpostfacepostfeminismpostfeministpostfixpostgraduatepostludepostnatipostpositionpostsceniumpostscriptverbpostdatepostposeadjectivepostdoctoralpostindustrialpostmeridianpost-mortempostnatalpost-operativepostpartumpostpositionalpostpositivepostprandialpostviralpost-warpostclassicalpostcoitalpostconsonantalpostmenopausalpostmenstrualpostnasalpostocularpostoralpostsurgicaladverbpostpositionallypostpositively Hospital post-mor·tem, postmortem /ˌpəʊstˈmɔːtəm $ ˌpoʊstˈmɔːr-/ noun [countableC] 1 (also postmortem examination)MH an examination of a dead body to discover why the person died 验尸，尸体解剖 SYN autopsy post-mortem on A post-mortem on the body revealed that the victim had been strangled. 尸检表明被害人是被掐死的。 do/carry out/conduct a post-mortem 进行验尸 2 EXAMINE especially British EnglishBrE an examination of a plan or event that failed, done to discover why it failed 〔对失败的计划或事件进行的〕事后剖析，事后检讨 post-mortem on a post-mortem on the company’s poor results 对公司业绩不佳进行的反思 Examples from the Corpus post-mortem• Only a post-mortem revealed the truth.• A police pathologist carried out a post-mortem on the body.• A post-mortem revealed that the woman had died of blood poisoning.• A post-mortem will take place tomorrow at Poplar mortuary in east London.• Also last weekend, the Fabians published their general election post-mortem.• Party chairman Chris Patten, the tragic hero of the hour, arrived shortly after 11.00 for a lengthy post-mortem.• The most ludicrous post-mortem appeared last Thursday, September 18, on the editorial page of an almost-daily afternoon paper.• Here, in a room in Sandton, the Springboks were undergoing a similar post-mortem.• The verdict of that post-mortem was that Reverend Marr had been killed at about midnight on Friday.• No evidence of drugs was found in the post-mortem examination.• Owing to shortage of medical staff, the post-mortem was not carried out until the following morning. (1700-1800) Latin post mortem “after death” |
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