thinking about or connected with something that happened in the past 回顾的；涉及以往的 She felt a pang of retrospective sympathy for Mel. 她对梅尔感到回味无穷。
- (also less frequent, formal retroactive)
(of a new law or decision 新的法律或决定 intended to take effect from a particular date in the past rather than from the present date 有追溯效力的；溯及既往的 retrospective legislation 有溯及力的法律 retrospective pay awards 有追溯效力的加薪