post hoc
adjective [ before noun ] formal uk/ˌpəʊst ˈhɒk/ us/ˌpoʊst ˈhɑːk/
事后的
made or happening only after an event, not planned or decided before it happens
The reasoning came afterward as a post hoc justification. 这个推理后来被用作事后辩护。
a post hoc analysis of the disease 对这种疾病的事后分析
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- The material presented is not some kind of post hoc analysis imposed upon the texts in the light of present-day concerns.
- Your reasons for your actions are post hoc rationalizations that your brain generates to explain to you what your brain has already done.
post hoc
adverb uk/ˌpəʊst ˈhɒk/ us/ˌpoʊst ˈhɑːk/
事后地
after an event, not in a way that is planned or decided before it happens
The groups in the study were defined post hoc after the study was completed. 研究中的组别是在研究完成后确定的。
Was this the original strategy or was it decided post hoc? 这是最初的策略还是事后决定的？
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- One might say that attitudes can be discovered post hoc.
- If all comparisons are done post hoc, then no experiment was done since the hypothesis was not stated prior to the experiment.
- Treatment decisions are often made post hoc, based on conclusions drawn from observing the effects of medications.