post-mortem
noun
ˌpəʊstˈmɔːtəm
noun
1
post ˌ mortem examin ˈ ation
also
又作
an
examination
of
a
dead
body
to
discover
why
the
person
died
尸体检验,验尸,尸体解剖;
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A
post-mortem
on
the
body
revealed
that
the
victim
had
been
strangled.
验尸表明被害人是被掐死的。
do/carry
out/conduct
a
postmortem
2
an
examination
of
a
plan
or
event
that
failed,
done
to
discover
why
it
failed
[尤英] 〔对失败的计划或事件进行的〕事后剖析,事后检讨
especially BrE
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a
post-mortem
on
the
company’s
poor
results
对公司业绩不佳进行的反思