| 单词 | after-the-event |
| 释义 | > as lemmasafter-the-event after-the-event adj. occurring or performed after a particular event, frequently with the implication of being too late; characterized by retrospectivity. ΚΠ 1872 T. Wright Grainger's Thorn I. i. vii. 188 There was not wanting a number of the after-the-event school of prophets, who..had ‘known what it would all come to’, and had ‘told you so’. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) iv. 69 ‘We di'n't ought to have set off before dinner,’ said the squire with after-the-event wisdom. 2007 R. E. S. Tanner Violence & Relig. iii. 52 Religion becomes for Christians no more than the subject for after-the-event evaluations. < as lemmas |
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