[N-COUNT 可数名词]验尸;尸体检验;尸体解剖 A post-mortem is a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out how they died.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指对失败或出差错的事情的)事后分析;事后检讨 A post-mortem is an examination of something that has recently happened, especially something that has failed or gone wrong.
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The postmortem on the presidential campaign is under way.
正在对总统竞选活动进行反思。
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post-mortem/ˌpəʊst ˈmɔːtəm; NAmEˌpoʊst ˈmɔːrtəm/noun1(alsopost-ˌmortem examiˈnation)a medical examination of the body of a dead person in order to find out how they died 验尸;尸体解剖SYN
autopsy
◆to do/conduct/carry out a post-mortem进行剖尸验证post-mortemon sb ◆The post-mortem on the child revealed that she had been poisoned.验尸证明这孩子是被人毒死的。2post-mortem(on sth) a discussion or an examination of an event after it has happened, especially in order to find out why it failed 事后反思(或剖析)◆to hold a post-mortem on the party's election defeat对该党竞选失败进行检讨post-mortempost-mortemspost-mortem/ˌpəʊst ˈmɔːtəm; NAmEˌpoʊst ˈmɔːrtəm/
1 (also postˌmortem examinˈation) an examination of a dead body to discover why the person diedSYN autopsypost-mortem on A post-mortem on the body revealed that the victim had been strangled.do/carry out/conduct a post-mortem2 especially British English an examination of a plan or event that failed, done to discover why it failedpost-mortem on a post-mortem on the company’s poor results
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