| [/ˏpəust ˈmɔːtəm; ˏpostˋmɔrtəm/] n 用法:
1 medical examination made after death in order to find the cause of death; autopsy 验尸; 尸体剖检:
A post-mortem showed that the victim had been poisoned. 尸体检验表明受害者是被毒死的. *
The doctor carried out a post-mortem on the body. 那医生对尸体进行了剖验. 用法:
2 (infml) discussion or review of an event after it has happened 事後的分析或反思:
a post-mortem on the election defeat 对选举失败的事後剖析. post-mortem 2
adj (a) made or occurring after death 死後进行的; 死後发生的:
a post-mortem examination 尸体剖检.
(b) (infml) occurring after an event has happened 事後发生的:
post-mortem recriminations 事後的反责. |