1. 验尸;尸体检验;尸体解剖
A post-mortem is a medical examination of a dead person''s body in order to find out how they died.
2. (尤指对失败或出差错的事情的)事后分析;事后检讨
A post-mortem is an examination of something that has recently happened, especially something that has failed or gone wrong.
e.g. The postmortem on the presidential campaign is under way.
正在对总统竞选活动进行反思。
post-mortem
noun
1. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
Synonym: autopsynecropsypostmortemPMpostmortem examinationpost-mortem examination
2. discussion of an event after it has occurred
Synonym: postmortem