retroactive

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指法律、政策或行动具有追溯效力,能影响过去发生的事件或情况。

用法要点

句型搭配

常用于描述法律、法规或政策的追溯性,通常与名词如law、effect、application等连用,表示对过去事件的适用。

• retroactive law
• retroactive effect
• retroactive application

介词用法

常与介词to连用,表示追溯到的具体时间点,如retroactive to January 1。

• retroactive to 2020
• retroactive to the date of hire
• retroactive to last month

语域说明

主要用于正式或专业语境,如法律、商务、学术领域,日常口语中较少使用。

• retroactive legislation
• retroactive pay increase
• retroactive tax changes

基础例句

The new policy is retroactive to last year, so you'll get a refund.

新政策追溯至去年生效,所以你会收到退款。

They made the pay raise retroactive to the start of the month.

他们将加薪追溯至本月初开始生效。

Is this rule retroactive, or does it only apply from now on?

这条规则有追溯效力吗,还是只从现在开始适用?

高级例句

The court ruled that the tax amendment should not be applied retroactively.

法院裁定该税收修正案不应具有追溯效力。

In legal terms, retroactive legislation can raise constitutional issues.

在法律术语中,追溯性立法可能引发宪法问题。

The contract includes a retroactive clause for payments dating back to the project's inception.

合同包含一项追溯条款,适用于项目启动以来的付款。

高频搭配

verb

apply retroactivelymake retroactiveenforce retroactivelyimplement retroactively

adjective

retroactive lawretroactive effectretroactive applicationretroactive pay

noun

retroactivityretroactive legislationretroactive clauseretroactive benefit

adverb

retroactively

preposition

retroactive toretroactive from

phrase

with retroactive effecthave retroactive forcebe given retroactive application

常见错误

❌ 错误:The law is retroactive for past cases.
✓ 正确:The law is retroactive to past cases.

错误使用了介词for,retroactive通常与to连用表示追溯到的对象或时间,应改为retroactive to。

❌ 错误:This rule will retroactive next week.
✓ 正确:This rule will be applied retroactively next week.

retroactive是形容词,不能直接作动词使用,应使用其副词形式retroactively与动词如apply、enforce等搭配。

近义词辨析

retrospective

retrospective通常指回顾性的、事后的,强调对过去事件的审视或评估,而retroactive强调法律或政策对过去事件的强制追溯效力。

A retrospective study looks back at past data, while a retroactive law changes past legal outcomes.

backdated

backdated指文件或日期被倒填至更早时间,常用于具体事务如支票或合同,而retroactive更正式,用于描述法律或政策的追溯性影响。

The check was backdated to avoid penalties, but the retroactive law affected all previous transactions.