English Dictionary

job backwards

動詞

自動詞

(intransitive, chiefly finance) To reassess one's original decisions (e.g. investments) with hindsight, determining how they might have been better chosen.

日本語の意味

後の状況を踏まえて、初期の判断や投資などの選択を再評価すること。 / 振り返った上で、過去の決定がどうすればより良かったかを検証する行為。

When reviewing last year's portfolio, I job backwards to see which investments I would have chosen differently.

昨年のポートフォリオを見直すとき、後知恵で自分の過去の判断を見直して、どの投資をよりよく選べたかを確かめる。

意味（1）

(intransitive, chiefly finance) To reassess one's original decisions (e.g. investments) with hindsight, determining how they might have been better chosen.

They maintain that Sir William has jobbed backwards; that people who invested in the mines were indulging in a speculation, and that because the speculation has failed the whole matter has been considered by Sir William as if it concerned […]

jobs backwards （ present singular third-person ）

jobbing backwards （ participle present ）

jobbed backwards （ participle past ）

jobbed backwards （ past ）