post-mortem
n
1 medical examination made after death in order to find the cause of death; autopsy 驗尸; 尸體剖檢
A post-mortem showed that the victim had been poisoned. 尸體檢驗表明受害者是被毒死的.
The doctor carried out a post-mortem on the body. 那醫(yī)生對尸體進行了剖驗.
2 (infml 口) 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 對選舉失敗的事後剖析. post-mortem, adj
(a) made or occurring after death 死後進行的; 死後發(fā)生的
a post-mortem examination 尸體剖檢.
(b) (infml 口) occurring after an event has happened 事後發(fā)生的
post-mortem recriminations 事後的反責.