(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
[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
mid 18th cent.: from Latin, literally after death'