时间:2022-12-28 20:50
马后炮指对方已经跳了马,己方才当头炮,比喻事后采取措施,无济于事,或者事情已经发生,才说自己有先见之明,说自己早料到事情的结果会是这样,指人们主观认识和行动落后于客观实际的某些情况
“马后炮”本是一个象棋术语,意思是在“马”后面加一颗“炮”,将对方的军(check, put the other player's king under direct attack)。后来人们用“马后炮”比喻事后采取措施,无济于事;或事情发生后才提出批评或建议,表示自己有先见之明的人(a person who criticizes or suggests alternative courses of action from a position of hindsight after the event in question),也称“事后诸葛亮(second guesser, be wise after the event)”。
例句:
考试都完了,你才说帮我复习功课,这岂不是马后炮吗? You come and offer to help with my lessons only after the examination. Isn’t that a bit too late?
他是个马后炮。 He is a second-guesser.
事后诸葛亮人人都会做。 It is easy to be wise after the event.