• n. 回顧，追溯
• vi. 回顧，追溯；回想
• vt. 回顧；追憶

retro-,向后，往回，-spect,看，詞源同 respect,spectator.

retrospect (n.)

c. 1600, "a regard or reference" (to something), from Latin retrospectum, past participle of retrospicere "look back," from retro- "back" (see retro-) + specere "look at" (see scope (n.1)). Meaning "survey of past events" is from 1660s.

1. The debate seems, in retrospect, to have been fixed from the beginning.

回想起來，這場辯論好像從一開始就被人操縱了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It was , in retrospect, the happiest day of her life.

回想起來, 那是她一生最幸福的日子.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. In retrospect it's obvious how we went wrong.

回想起來,我們是如何出的錯就很明顯了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The retrospect was depressing.

回想起來令人沮喪.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. It was a very strange feeling in retrospect — I was frightened, but excited at the same time.

回想起來那是一種非常奇怪的感覺——我當時既害怕又興奮。

來自柯林斯例句