"retroactive" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 追溯的
• 溯及既往的

Definition

当某事（如法律或规定）是追溯的时，它影响到在它制定之前发生的事情。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于正式或法律语境。常见搭配如“追溯法”“追溯效力”“追溯薪资调整”。不要与‘主动的’（proactive）或‘被动的’（reactive）混淆。

Examples

The company gave employees a retroactive pay raise from January.

公司为员工从一月起发放了**追溯的**加薪。

The new tax law is retroactive to last year.

新的税法**追溯到**去年。

He received retroactive benefits after the court decision.

法院判决后，他获得了**追溯的**福利。

Is this insurance policy retroactive, or does it only cover future incidents?

这份保险政策是**追溯的**，还是只覆盖未来的事件？

They passed a retroactive law to fix earlier mistakes in the system.

他们通过了一项**追溯的**法律来纠正系统中的早期错误。

The changes aren’t retroactive, so they won’t affect decisions made before today.

这些变更不是**追溯的**，所以不会影响今天之前的决定。