retrospect
/ˈretrəʊspekt/noun
- a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time回顾, 回溯, 回想。
短语
in retrospect
- when looking back on a past event or situation; with hindsight回顾起来, 事后看来：
perhaps, in retrospect, I shouldn't have gone.
也许, 事后想想, 我不该离去。
词源
early 17th cent.: from RETRO- 'back', on the pattern of the noun prospect.