hindsight

英 [ˈhaɪndsaɪt]

美 [ˈhaɪndsaɪt]

n.  事后聪明; 事后的领悟

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Collins.1 / BNC.9566 / COCA.11154

牛津词典

noun

• 事后聪明；事后的领悟
  the understanding that you have of a situation only after it has happened and that means you would have done things in a different way
  1. With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him.
     事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。
  2. What looks obvious in hindsight was not at all obvious at the time.
     事后一目了然的在当时根本看不清。
  3. It's easy to criticize with the benefit of hindsight .
     事后明白了再评价，这自然容易。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 后见之明;事后聪明
  Hindsightis the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time.
  1. With hindsight, we'd all do things differently...
     有了事后的认识，我们都会以不同的方式行事。
  2. Even with the benefit of hindsight, I doubt I would change anything if I had my time again.
     就算是事后已经一切明了，如果让我重来一次，我也不确定自己是否会作出改变。

英英释义

noun

• understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
  1. hindsight is always better than foresight

双语例句

• Hindsight, I think, is a useless tool.
  我认为后见之明是一种无用的工具。
• With hindsight, the fact that we are not the biggest player today is an advantage.
  事后看来，我们并非当前规模最大的银行成了一种优势。
• With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear we ought to have done more
  事后看来，我们显然本该做得更多。
• I'm willing to lower my hindsight.
  我愿意降低我的标准。
• It looks easy with hindsight but he created something from nothing when nobody else possessed the vision or skill.
  事后看来，这一切都很容易，但在其他人没有眼光或能力的时候，他从无到有缔造了一个王国。
• In hindsight, I learned a few things about teamwork from this experience, which I am grateful for.
  后来我才发现，从这段经历中我学会很多团队合作的东西，对此我十分感恩。
• Would you have done it differently on hindsight, if so how would you have changed your approach?
  您是否不同地会做它在事后的认识，如果如此您怎么会改变您的方法？
• Now, with the benefit of hindsight, I can see I made the wrong decision.
  事后想来，现在我明白我做了错误的决定。
• In hindsight, we were glad we took the route of going with the IBM DB2 database.
  回想一下，我们很高兴我们采用了使用IBMDB2数据库的路线。
• Even with the benefit of hindsight, I doubt I would change anything if I had my time again.
  就算是事后已经一切明了，如果让我重来一次，我也不确定自己是否会作出改变。