Retrospective



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 追想的, 回顾的
• ［类］ 反义词: anticipatory ( 预想的)
• ［例］ The book gave us a retrospective view of our grandparents' lives.

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Date: 1664
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) of, relating to, or given to retrospection
    • (2) based on memory <a retrospective report>
  • b. being a retrospective <a retrospective exhibition>
• 2. affecting things past ; retroactive <retrospective laws>
• 3. relating to or being a study (as of a disease) that starts with the present condition of a population of individuals and collects data about their past history to explain their present condition
• ? retrospectively adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1932
• a generally comprehensive exhibition, compilation, or performance of the work of an artist over a span of years; broadly review 7a <a retrospective of 20th century haute couture>

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