post-mortem

post-mortem
noun
  1. (亦作 post-mortem examination)an examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
    验尸
    ■an analysis or discussion of an event held soon after it has occurred, especially in order to determine why it was a failure
    事后分析,事后检讨
    an election post-mortem on why the party lost.
    关于政党落选原因的事后检讨。
adjective
  1. [attrib.]of or relating to a post-mortem
    (与)验尸(有关)的;(与)事后(有关)的
    a post-mortem report.
    验尸报告。
    ■happening after death
    死后的
    post-mortem changes in his body.
    其身体在死后的变化。
    [as adv.]assessment of morphology in nerves taken post-mortem.
    死后所做的神经形态评估。
语源
  1. mid 18th cent.: from Latin, literally after death'
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