| 单词 | hindsight |
| 释义 | hindsight (once / 10736 pages) n People who are able to look back on the past and understand what happened have hindsight. If you go skating on a frozen lake and it cracks, in hindsight you'd know you should've paid attention to the giant "danger" sign. Hindsight is like looking behind you to see what just happened (behind sight, get it?). Another way of describing retrospection, hindsight is a useful skill that can be cultivated. Hindsight often refers to a lesson learned from something going wrong. Billy Wilder, the American movie director, once commented wistfully, “Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.” It's much easier to see clearly after something happened than before. WORD FAMILYhindsight: hindsights USAGE EXAMPLES“Really, in hindsight, it was not one of the great games of all time.” Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) In hindsight, she says the media storm was “a gift”. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) But, with the benefit of hindsight, clues to the contrary were there. BBC(Dec 25, 2016) n understanding the nature of an event after it has happened hindsight is always better than foresight Hyper apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding the cognitive condition of someone who understands |
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