afterwit

n. 事后聪明

词形变化

afterwits 复数 afterwits

别名

after-wit

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Wisdom which comes after the event.

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    1692, Roger L’Estrange (translator), Fables of Æsop, London: R. Sare et al., Fable 162, “A Nightingale and a Bat,” There’s No Recalling of what’s Gone and Past; so that After-Wit comes too Late when the Mischief is Done.

  2. 2.

    The lack of forethought.

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  3. 3.

    A good comeback, retort one thinks of only after the end of discussion or after leaving a social gathering.

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词源

From after- + wit.

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