英语词汇“afterwise”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

afterwise adj. and n.

Brit.

/ˈɑːftəwʌɪz/

/ˈaftəwʌɪz/

U.S.

/ˈæftərˌwaɪz/

now rare (a) adj. wise after the event, wise too late; (b) n. (with the and plural agreement) such people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective] > after the event

afterwise1582

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xxv. 171 Afterwise.

1671 J. Baltharpe Straights Voy. Contents sig. A4 A small Miorkeens disaster, his after wise Resolution.

1716 J. Addison Free-holder No. 53. 300 These are such as we may call the Afterwise, who, when any Project fails,..foresaw all the Inconveniencies that would arise from it, though they kept their Thoughts to themselves till they discovered the issue.

1874 P. Percival Tamil Prov. (ed. 2) 521 As the after-wise, rejected the advice of the fore-sighted.

2002 Baltic News Service (Nexis) 23 Feb. He said that only a spiteful and afterwise individual could claim ironically that the Soviet Union would have collapsed anyway.

单词	afterwise
释义	> as lemmas afterwise afterwise adj. and n. Brit. /ˈɑːftəwʌɪz/ , /ˈaftəwʌɪz/ , U.S. /ˈæftərˌwaɪz/ now rare (a) adj. wise after the event, wise too late; (b) n. (with the and plural agreement) such people as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective] > after the event afterwise1582 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xxv. 171 Afterwise. 1671 J. Baltharpe Straights Voy. Contents sig. A4 A small Miorkeens disaster, his after wise Resolution. 1716 J. Addison Free-holder No. 53. 300 These are such as we may call the Afterwise, who, when any Project fails,..foresaw all the Inconveniencies that would arise from it, though they kept their Thoughts to themselves till they discovered the issue. 1874 P. Percival Tamil Prov. (ed. 2) 521 As the after-wise, rejected the advice of the fore-sighted. 2002 Baltic News Service (Nexis) 23 Feb. He said that only a spiteful and afterwise individual could claim ironically that the Soviet Union would have collapsed anyway. extracted from after-prefix < as lemmas
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