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单词 hindsight
释义
hindsight
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhaɪnd.saɪt/us
/ˈhaɪnd.saɪt/
theabilitytounderstandaneventorsituationonly after it hashappened:
事后聪明，事后的认识
With(thebenefit/wisdomof)hindsight, I should have taken thejob.事后一看，我真应该接受那份工作。
Inhindsight, it would have beenbettertowait.事后看来，等一等会更好。
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(Definition ofhindsightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hindsight| American Dictionary

hindsight
noun[U]
us
/ˈhɑɪndˌsɑɪt/
theabilitytounderstand, after something hashappened, why or how it was done and how it might have been donebetter:
They areideasthat, in hindsight, oftenseemhair-brained.
(Definition ofhindsightfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhindsight

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With the benefit ofhindsight, this is perhaps an obvious point.
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Inhindsight, then, the consternation over the exactness of the register seemed somewhat misplaced, as the much expected massive turnout never occurred.
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Withhindsight, we would recommend exactly the opposite.
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Because, as 20/20hindsightmakes so clear, people have certain unreasonable fears about anything that smacks of somebody tampering with their food.
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When people attempt to reconstruct their original judgment, they access the updated knowledge base, opening the door tohindsightbias.
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Withhindsight, the 1970s was a decade of 'superstitious learning'.
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This was not for lack of interest, but for principled reasons that are now apparent inhindsightand are discussed below.
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Rather, these oppositions have come to be equated only withhindsight.
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All the failures so well documented in this book seem avoidable with the clear vision ofhindsight.
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Withhindsight, all these efforts were of little avail.
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The prolonged recovery group comprised mostly individuals with schizophrenia\\schizophreniform disorder and, inhindsight, this needed to be taken into account.
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First, by beginning with the results of the collapse and working back to the causes, one gains the perspective ofhindsightto the issues.
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Although the observed correlations may seem obvious inhindsight, such a relationship could not necessarily be anticipated.
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Clearly this solution is language-dependent; withhindsightit is not all necessary.
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But the sense of explanatory satisfaction one gets with such a model is too often a reflection ofhindsightbias.
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