retrospect

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Consideration of past times.
    — My mind, calmer and stronger now than last night, made for itself some imperious rules, prohibiting under deadly penalties all weak retrospect of happiness past; commanding a patient journeying through the wilderness of the present...
动词 v.
  1. To look or refer back to; to reflect on.
    — To give a correct idea of the circumstances which have gradually produced this conviction, it may be useful to retrospect to an early period.

词形变化

retrospects plural retrospects present,singular,third-person retrospecting participle,present retrospected participle,past retrospected past

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin retrōspectum, from retrōspicio (“to look back at”), equivalent to retro- + -spect. Compare review.
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin retrōspectum, from retrōspicio (“to look back at”), equivalent to retro- + -spect. Compare review.
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