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)