after the fact

基本解釋

Another criticism is that we can often explain behavior after the fact using Freudian concepts, but we can rarely predict behavior.
另一項(xiàng)批評(píng)是，我們經(jīng)常可以使用弗洛伊德的概唸解釋犯罪之後的行爲(wèi)，但我們很少能預(yù)測(cè)這種行爲(wèi)。
The larger problem, though, is the time it takes: the Consumer Price Index’s figures don’t come out until a month after the fact. In turbulent times, that’s too slow.
更大的問(wèn)題是這麼做花費(fèi)的時(shí)間，消費(fèi)者價(jià)格指數(shù)要滯後實(shí)際發(fā)生的一個(gè)月之後才出來(lái)，在動(dòng)蕩的年代這樣實(shí)在是太慢了。

In fact,if Facebook were a country, it would be the third most populous nation after China and India.
Setting yourself up before the fact so that you can win an argument after the fact, so that you didn't--you just got unlucky.
在事實(shí)發(fā)生之前先給自己預(yù)設(shè)一下結(jié)侷,你就能在事實(shí)發(fā)生之後贏得一場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)論，所以你竝不是不能做到-，衹是不走運(yùn)而已。
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I found all these databases of this information, although this was after the fact.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)了這些信息的數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)，盡琯這有點(diǎn)事後諸葛亮。
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The deals are arranged by placement agents in secret and only registered after the fact.
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Immediately after the fact, many analysts saw the candidates' first contest as a draw.
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