ex post facto

短语

adv. 事后的(地), 追溯的(地)

别名

expost facto expostfacto

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Retroactive.

  2. 2.

    Retroactive.

    Formulated or enacted after some event, and then retroactively applied to it.

    法律
adv.
  1. 1.

    By retroactive application of a law formulated or enacted after the deed in question.

    法律

    What he did was not a crime when he did it, but he was convicted ex post facto.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

retro retroactive

近义相关 1

retrospective

词源

From Latin ex (“from”) + post (“after”) + facto, ablative of factum (“deed”). In Latin, ex takes the ablative case, while post takes the accusative case. (See Wikipedia for a discussion of the grammatical form and usage of this phrase.)

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