ret·ro·spect
noun/ˈretrəspekt/
/ˈretrəspekt/
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from retro- ‘back’, on the pattern of the noun prospect.
Idioms Idioms
in retrospect
- thinking about a past event or situation, often with a different opinion of it from the one you had at the time
回顾；回想；追溯往事 - In retrospect, I think that I was wrong.
回首往事，我觉得当时我错了。 - The decision seems extremely odd, in retrospect.
回想起来，这个决定显得极其荒谬。
- In retrospect, I think that I was wrong.