retrospect

回顧

過去の出来事を、今の知識でよりよく理解しながら振り返ること。

やさしい英語で： Thinking about past events, often with a better understanding of them now.

• In retrospect, we left too early.
• The mistake seems obvious in retrospect.
• Only in retrospect did I understand her advice.

使い方： in retrospect (In retrospect, accepting that job was a good decision.)

類義語： hindsight

よく使う表現： in retrospect, only in retrospect

回顧する、振り返る

過去の出来事について考えたり、思い返したりする。

やさしい英語で： To think about or look back at past events.

• He paused to retrospect on his life.
• We retrospected over the years we had spent together.
• The author retrospects on her childhood in the final chapter.

使い方： retrospect on something (She retrospected on her early career.); retrospect over something (He retrospected over the events of that winter.)

類義語： reflect, look back

よく使う表現： retrospect on something, retrospect over something