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美:[ˈhaɪndsaɪt]
英:[ˈhaɪndsaɪt]
美:[ˈhaɪndsaɪt]
hind·sight
haInd saIt
Noun
1. understanding the nature of an event after it has happened;
"hindsight is always better than foresight"
1806年,"火器的后视",来自 hind(形容词)+ sight(名词)。"看到已经发生的事情,看到事后应该做什么"的意思可以追溯到1862年,美国英语中(在谚语中"如果我们的远见像我们的后见那样好,那么变得富有将是一件容易的事情"),可能是作为对老 foresight(参见)的幽默反对而形成的。
来复枪表尺
The first known use of hindsight was in 1866
hinterlandnoun
a region lying inland from a coast
a region far from cities and towns
hint1 of 2noun
a slight mention : a suggestion or reminder
a hint of winter in the air
a slight indication of the existence or nature of something : clue
a very small amount : trace
a hint of garlic
hint2 of 2verb
to bring to mind by or give a hint
hinnynoun
a hybrid between a male horse and a female donkey
hinge1 of 2noun
a jointed piece on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns
the joint between valves of a bivalve's shell
hinge2 of 2verb
to attach by or provide with hinges
to hang or turn as if on a hinge : depend
our success hinges on this decision
hinge1 of 2noun
a jointed piece on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns
the joint between valves of a bivalve's shell
hinge2 of 2verb
to attach by or provide with hinges
to hang or turn as if on a hinge : depend
our success hinges on this decision
hinge1 of 2noun
a jointed piece on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns
the joint between valves of a bivalve's shell
hinge2 of 2verb
to attach by or provide with hinges
to hang or turn as if on a hinge : depend
our success hinges on this decision
hindsightnoun
realization of the meaning or importance of an event only after it has happened
1 He would not say whether in hindsight, he would have made the same decision that President Bush made to invade Iraq.
2 It is quite another to condemn all use of hindsight and to insist that the past should only be presented ‘in its own terms’.
3 In hindsight, it was unwise risk management.
事后看来,这是不明智的风险管理。
4 "There were some classic lines in her school books that with hindsight you can see her career and character there already."
5 What she meant by cherry pie wasn’t entirely clear until Bon Appétit was released afterwards, which in hindsight makes the stunt a little less appetising.
6 In hindsight, fewer projects with more detailed conversations around what they might contribute to the arts and Jurassic coast management, and better joint project planning would have benefitted all partners.
7 In hindsight, I wish that Argo had been marketed less as a Rescue Film than as a Siege Thriller.
8 With the benefit of hindsight, we can see the minstrel in his social context.
9 Viewing “Kinetta” with the benefit of hindsight, you can see inklings of visual and staging ideas that Lanthimos would explore more fully later on.
10 Yet, sometimes in this land of sloth and plenty, I wish that hindsight weren’t 20/20.
11 In hindsight, there were plenty of pointers in Parker's early work as to how her practice would develop.
12 It's easy for us to say that the war was wrong, but we have the advantage of hindsight.
13 He probably also has some ideas about what really mattered, in hindsight, and I’d probably agree with his ideas, because he is me.
14 It’s archetypal T. I., a confessional full of microscopic detail and internal rhymes, with a cloud hovering just above, refusing to go away even under a heavy gust of hindsight.
15 “I hope that in hindsight it will look like it was all planned out,” he said.
16 To understand the choices that she made, in hindsight?
17 I think the Doctor has such an incredible hindsight and such an incredible sense of loss and future hope.
18 Robbie has played in the World Cup before. With hindsight, he would have provided experienced cover.
福勒曾经参加过世界杯的比赛. 这样, 他可以为球队提供经验上的帮助.
19 "He would let me come down and watch them with him — whatever was on Cinemax or HBO," said Hader, admitting in hindsight maybe these films were a bit too sophisticated for a youngster.
20 In hindsight, I’m pretty proud of that nomination, and being up against Patty Duke in “The Miracle Worker”—she got it hands down.