Success always seems as inevitable in retrospect as it is elusive when sought.

人们回想过去的候，总觉得成功本来是十拿九稳的，而在追求成功，它却虚无缥缈。

I contemplated the startling turn of events.

我回想着事情出人意料的变化。

Harry cast about for a happy memory.

哈利努回想，寻找快乐的回忆。

Fifteen years later, she struggles to conjure the details.

15年后的今天，回想论文的她显得有些吃。

In retrospect, clouds were gathering on the horizon.

回想起来，乌云已经开始在地平线上集结了。

In retrospect, I wish I had listened to him, but I didn't.

现在回想起来，我真希望我当听了他的话，但我没有。

This leaves you stuck with familiarity, but no recollection.

这让你相识的感觉困住，但是回想不起来。

I closed my eyes and thought back.

我闭上眼睛，开始回想。

Or, In retrospect, he should've studied something different at college.

或者，" 回想起来，他上大学的候真该学点别的。

Think back to Don Corleone's statement. I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.

回想一下唐·科里昂的话：我要提出一个他无法拒绝的条件。

In retrospect, he stands by that judgment.

现在回想起来，他依然坚持自己的评判。

And I'm reviewing my knowledge of invertebrate zoology.

我还在回想有关无脊椎动物学的知识。

But I had some very difficult times here too.

如今浪漫地回想求学光是很容易的。

I'd go back and look at some of the interviews again.

我会再回想面试的情形。

Think back to those life-changing decisions that we talked about earlier.

回想一下我们之前谈到的那些足以改变人生的决定。

You just are constantly, it's there, it's in your mind.

通过不地回想，记忆扎根脑海。

So, let's go to our two cases.

回想下之前的两个例子。

So, if you think about your class time, that is highly regimented.

如果你回想一下课堂间，不难发现那是有严格规定的。

To understand why, think back to photosynthesis and chlorophyll.

想知道为什么，请回想一下光合作用和叶绿素。

Now I'm an adult, thinking back to those times.

现在我已长大成人，回想那过去的光。