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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

ex post facto [ 'εks 'post 'fækto] [ 'eks pəust 'fæktəu]
  1. 1. adverb [Latin] 在事后的（地）；追溯既往的（地）；有追溯效力的（地）
  2. 2. adjective [Latin] 在事后的（地）；追溯既往的（地）；有追溯效力的（地）
    an ex post facto law
    有追溯效力的法令

Collins English-English Dictionary

ex post facto [εks pəυst 'fæktəυ]
  1. 1. adj having retrospective effect
    an ex post facto law
  2. 2. adj [Etymology] C17: from Latin ex from + post afterwards + factus done, from facere to do
See more results for ex post facto in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

an ex post facto law
有追溯效力的法令 → ex post facto
an ex post facto law → ex post facto

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