名词 “hindsight” 的意思是 “事后的认识”，它常与介词 “in” 和 “with” 搭配使用，即 “in hindsight” 和 “with hindsight”，意思是 “事后看来，回过头想想”。

 

例句

In hindsight, we should have taken the train – we would have arrived at our destination much earlier.

事后看来，我们应该坐火车，那样就可以更早到达目的地了。

 

With hindsight, I shouldn't have said it, but at the time I was very angry.

事后想来，我不应该这样说，但当时我太生气了。

 

With the benefit¹ of hindsight, I think we should have bought a bigger house.

回过头看，我觉得当初应该买一栋大一点的房子。

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