(名词)事后诸葛亮式的判断;事后才看清的认识。指在事情发生之后,回头看才明白原因、后果或更好的做法。(也常用于批评“事后才说得容易”。)
/ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt/
I know now that quitting was a mistake—hindsight is 20/20.
我现在知道辞职是个错误——事后看来一清二楚。
In hindsight, the warning signs were obvious, but at the time we felt everything was under control.
事后回想,那些警告信号很明显,但当时我们觉得一切尽在掌控。
由 hind(后面的、在后方的)+ sight(视力、看见)构成,字面意思是“向后看的视线”。它强调“回头看”带来的清晰认识,常与“当时难以预见”形成对比。