flashback

名词 flashback:

1. a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
2. an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

1. The event that leads up to the murder is shown in a series of flashback.
   酿成谋杀案的各个环节是通过一系列倒叙手法来表现的。
2. The events that led up to the murder were shown in a series of flashbacks.
   酿成谋杀案的各个环节是通过一系列倒叙手法来表现的。

flash.back

n.（名词）

A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.
倒叙，闪回镜头：一种文学或电影的表现手法，往往在一段按正常时间顺序记叙的叙事中插入一件以前发生过的事情
The episode or scene depicted by means of this device.
以这种手法描写的事件或场景
An unexpected recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug long after its original use.
药效幻觉重现：致幻药使用很长时间后药效的意想不到的重现
Psychology A recurring, intensely vivid mental image of a past traumatic experience:
【心理学】 重现：过去受伤的经历在脑海中生动重现的影象：
例句：
.Another study shows that women who served in Vietnam still struggle with depression, anxiety, and painful flashbacks from the war.(New York Times)
.另外一项研究表明在越南服过役的妇女们仍然在消沉、焦虑和战争的痛苦回忆中挣扎.(纽约时报)