a posteriori /ei .posten'arai; 'epaStinbrai/ adv, adj phrase (Lat) (reasoning) from effects to causes, eg saying, 'The boys are tired so they must have walked a long way'. 由結(jié)果推定憑原因地(的); 歸納地(的)例如說(shuō)： '孩子們很疲乏，所以他們一定走了很長(zhǎng)的路')。 → a priori.