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源自拉丁语 'retro-'(向后)和 'agere'(行动),17世纪进入英语。
❶ 指法律、规定或决定具有追溯效力,即可以影响过去已经发生的事情或情况。
“The new tax law is retroactive to January of this year.”
(新税法追溯至今年一月生效。)
“They received a retroactive pay increase.”
(他们获得了追溯性的加薪。)
retroactive effect — 指某项法律或决定对过去事件产生的影响,常用于法律和政策语境。
“The amendment has retroactive effect from the beginning of the fiscal year.”
(该修正案从财政年度开始具有追溯效力。)