hindsight
n. 后见之明; (步枪的)照尺; 表尺
Hindsight is the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time.
With hindsight, we'd all do things differently...
有了事后的认识,我们都会以不同的方式行事。
Even with the benefit of hindsight, I doubt I would change anything if I had my time again.
就算是事后已经一切明了,如果让我重来一次,我也不确定自己是否会作出改变。
1. understanding the nature of an event after it has happened;
Third, the law can only punish corporations in hindsight and its constraint is at high cost.
市场中法律约束企业行为的滞后性和高成本性, 而行业道德自律则可以有效地解决这三方面的问题.
I opposed this at the time, but with hindsight it was a sensible economy.
我当时表示反对, 不过事后一想,这是切合实际的节约措施.
However, hindsight is easier than foresight.
然而, 后知总是比先见容易.
I now know with hindsight that I did him a terrible wrong.
我事后才明白我完全冤枉了他.
In hindsight, it appears that her birth was an uneventful one.
之后的迹象表明, 她的出生似乎平淡无奇.