hindsight

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n. 枪的表尺, 事后聪明

发音

其它 /ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt/

词形变化

hindsights 复数 hindsights

教材释义与例句

名词

后见之明；枪的照门

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.

    可数 不可数

    You know what they say, hindsight is twenty-twenty.

    In hindsight, I realize that I should have studied harder for the exam.

  2. 2.

    The rear sight of a firearm.

    可数 罕用 不可数

    Holonym: iron sights

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

understanding savvy apprehension discernment

相关短语

hindsight is 20/20 马后炮 twenty-twenty hindsight 事后诸葛亮 in hindsight Captain Hindsight

词源

From hind + sight, 19th c. Compare Latinate retrospect.

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