post-mor·tem, postmortem /ˌpəʊstˈmɔːtəm $ ˌpoʊstˈmɔːr-/ noun [countableC] 1 (also postmortem examination)MH an examination of a dead body to discover why the person died 验尸,尸体解剖 SYN autopsypost-mortem on A post-mortem on the body revealed that the victim had been strangled. 尸检表明被害人是被掐死的。
do/carry out/conduct a post-mortem 进行验尸
2 EXAMINE especially British EnglishBrE an examination of a plan or event that failed, done to discover why it failed 〔对失败的计划或事件进行的〕事后剖析,事后检讨post-mortem on a post-mortem on the company’s poor results 对公司业绩不佳进行的反思