retrospect

名词 retrospect:

1. contemplation of things past

动词 retrospect:

1. look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
   同义词：review, look back

1. One's school life seems happier in retrospect than in reality.
   人们的学校生活回想起来要比实际上的快乐。

ret.ro.spect

n.（名词）
A review, survey, or contemplation of things in the past.
回顾：对过去事情的回顾、审度或反思
v.（动词）
ret.ro.spect.ed,ret.ro.spect.ing,ret.ro.spects
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To contemplate the past.
回顾，回想：对过去进行回顾
To refer back.
追溯
v.tr.（及物动词）
To look back on or contemplate (things past).
追溯或反思（过去的事情）

<习惯用语>in retrospect
Looking backward or reviewing the past.
回顾或反思（过去）
来源：
From Latin *retrôspectus [past participle of] retrôspicere [to look back at]
源自 拉丁语 *retrôspectus [] retrôspicere的过去分词 [回顾]
retrô- [retro-]
retrô- [表示.向后.]
specere [to look at] * see spek-
specere [看] *参见 spek-

【引伸】
ret.rospec.tion
n.（名词）