After several days had gone by,   and Claire's memory hadn't returned at all, the doctor eventually concluded that Claire  had developed what is known as retroactive amnesia—far worse than he had originally  expected.

几天过去了， 克莱尔的记忆根本没有恢复，医生最终得出结论， 克莱尔患上了所谓的追溯性遗忘症——情况比他最初预想的要严重得多。