retrospect
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ret·ro·spect /ˈretrəspekt/ noun in retrospect PASTthinking back to a time in the past, especially with the advantage of knowing more now than you did then 回顾，回想 In retrospect, I wonder if we should have done more. 回过头看，我在想我们是否应该做得更多些。
Examples from the Corpus
retrospect• So you won, Ragu, and in retrospect I think it was right that you did.• Popular fiction often becomes more important in retrospect.• There would seem in retrospect to have been two primary reasons.• It was never our intention to hurt anyone and it occurs to us in retrospect that the ad was insensitive.• Yet, in retrospect, Glam dovetailed exactly with developments in consumer capitalism.• In retrospect, dying of the disease itself would seem infinitely preferable to the agonies of death from mercury poisoning.• In retrospect, he said, he did not realize how hard it would be to keep them happy.• In retrospect, they were spinning straw into gold.Origin retrospect (1600-1700) retro- + -spect (as in prospect)ret·ro·spect nounChineseSyllable
thinking in Corpus past, the time to especially back a
retrospect
ret‧ro‧spect /ˈretrəspekt/
noun
In retrospect, I wonder if we should have done more.
ret‧ro‧spect /ˈretrəspekt/
noun Date: 1600-1700
Origin: retro- + -spect (as in prospect)
in retrospect thinking back to a time in the past, especially with the advantage of knowing more now than you did then:Origin: retro- + -spect (as in prospect)
