hindsight
英 [ˈhaɪndsaɪt]
美 [ˈhaɪndsaɪt]
n. 事后聪明; 事后的领悟
Collins.1 / BNC.9566 / COCA.11154
牛津词典
noun
- 事后聪明;事后的领悟
the understanding that you have of a situation only after it has happened and that means you would have done things in a different way- With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him.
事后才说他们本不应该释放他,这倒容易。 - What looks obvious in hindsight was not at all obvious at the time.
事后一目了然的在当时根本看不清。 - It's easy to criticize with the benefit of hindsight .
事后明白了再评价,这自然容易。
- With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 后见之明;事后聪明
Hindsightis the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time.- With hindsight, we'd all do things differently...
有了事后的认识,我们都会以不同的方式行事。 - Even with the benefit of hindsight, I doubt I would change anything if I had my time again.
就算是事后已经一切明了,如果让我重来一次,我也不确定自己是否会作出改变。
- With hindsight, we'd all do things differently...
英英释义
noun
- understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
- hindsight is always better than foresight
双语例句
- With hindsight, however, one can identify other deficiencies in the euro of which its architects were unaware.
然而,事后来看,我们可以发现欧元设计者当初没有意识到的一些其它缺陷。 - I just feel that in hindsight I could.
我只是希望事后可以补救。 - We failed, and with hindsight I now see where we went wrong.
我们失利了,事后一想,我终于明白了错在哪里。 - Even with the benefit of hindsight, I doubt I would change anything if I had my time again.
就算是事后已经一切明了,如果让我重来一次,我也不确定自己是否会作出改变。 - I've never asked you anything, so please. This time even our hindsight is not perfect.
我从来没有请求过你任何事,所以这回请帮忙了。这回就算事后孔明也没有令人满意的解释。 - I opposed this at that time, but with hindsight it was a sensible economy.
我当时表示反对,不过事后一想,这是切合实际的节约措施。 - With hindsight, he was overestimating their desire for peace.
事后看来,他高估了他们对和平的渴望。 - With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him.
他们本不应该释放他,这倒容易。 - With hindsight, this seems a mistaken strategy.
而事后看,这似乎是一个错误的策略。 - With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear we ought to have done more
事后看来,我们显然本该做得更多。
