look back
phrasal verbwithlookverbuk/lʊk/us/lʊk/
B2
tothinkabout something thathappenedin the past:
回忆,追忆,回想When Ilookback I canseewhere we wentwrong.回过头来看,我可以看出我们错在哪里。
It wasn't such abadexperiencewhen Ilookbackonit.现在回想起来,我觉得那并不是一段特别糟糕的经历。
- When Ilookback, I'mfilledwithsadness.
- Helookedback on histimeaspresidentwithpride.
- Onedaywe'lllookback on this andlaugh.
- When youlookback on this in ayearor two, it won'tseemsobad.
- Looking back, IadmitI didn't always do therightthing.
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- aide-mémoire
- annal
- awakensomeonetosomething
- be engraved onsomeone'smemory/mindidiom
- be etched on/insomeone'smemoryidiom
- commit
- echo
- hold that thoughtidiom
- hooky
- if my memory serves me rightidiom
- imprint
- indelible
- recall
- reminder
- reminisce
- reminiscence
- reminiscent
- retrace
- shade
- stamp