Sri Lestari
benefit of hindsight what does "benefit of hindsight" mean?
2012년 10월 18일 오후 6:35
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hindsight means retrospect or take a look at the background or whatever has happened before now. benefit of sth means fruitful or useful things of sth.
2012년 10월 19일
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"Hindsight" is the knowledge you get after something (usually something bad) has happened. For example, you go to a restaurant and it's very busy - you should have made a reservation. If you could repeat this event, you would do it differently. With the benefit of hindsight, you would call the restaurant and make a reservation.
2012년 10월 18일
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Hey Sri, when we look back to events in the past, we can see how they eventually turned out, which is a benefit that we did not have at the time. This is known as benefit of hindsight. the dictionary meaning is " the ability to understand, after something has happened, what should have been done or what caused the event " e.g. I was really confused back then about the decision I needed to take. Now with the benefit of hindsight, it is so easy to choose. Wish we had this benefit back then, things could never go wrong.
2012년 10월 18일
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Hindsight is knowledge of (the outcome of) a situation after it happened. For example, imagine you go to a club and it is full of people. You didn't know that there would be so many people and you wish you had not gone. Speaking to a friend afterwards you might say 'with hindsight, I wouldn't have gone', or 'with the benefit of hindsight, I would not have gone'. It's more common, however, to say 'had I known...' or 'If I'd known...' 'With hindsight' is a more formal expression usually found in writing, for example talking about the outcome of a battle and what the participants might have done differently if they had known what would happen.
2012년 10월 20일
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