backward

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英[ˈbækwəd]

美[ˈbækwərd]

基本释义

adj.: 向后的; 倒退的; 落后的; 迟钝的

实用例句

a backward part of the country, with no paved roads and no electricity

该国的一个落后地区，没有铺设马路也没有电力

牛津词典

a backward child

迟钝儿童

牛津词典

(British English,informal)She's not backward in coming forward (= she's not shy) .

她勇敢地站出来。

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She strode past him without a backward glance .

她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。

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She felt that going back to live in her home town would be a backward step.

她觉得回到家乡生活就是没出息。

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He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry...

他打开2号公寓的门，回头瞥了拉里一眼，然后就进了房间。

He did a backward flip.

他做了一个后空翻。

At a certain age, it's not viable for men to take a backward step into unskilled work...

到了一定的年龄，就不可能再退回去干不需要技能的工作。

Many dentists will no longer treat National Health Service patients, which is a big backward step in this country.

许多牙医不再为依靠国民保健制度的病人看病，这是该国的一大倒退。

We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.

我们应当为落后的祖国加快变革的脚步。

...research into teaching techniques to help backward children...

关于帮助落后孩子的教学方法研究

I was slow to walk and talk and my parents thought I was backward.

我学走路和说话都很慢，所以我父母以为我很迟钝。

Take a frequent backward look at yesterday, you will value today and look forward to tomorrow.

经常的回顾昨天, 你会珍惜今天并向往明天.

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It has the magic to turn a backward town into a wonderland of prosperity.

旅游被赋予了某种魔力,能够把一个落后的小镇变成一个令人神往的胜地.

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Then, leg lifting, extending further far as possible, leg extending forward, tip of toe drawing backward.

然后, 左腿抬起, 尽量远伸, 腿跟向前伸, 脚尖向后勾.

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Tripped when he stepped backward.

他在向后走的时候被绊倒了.

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Each country is building information freeway aspect hammer and tongs, wary and backward.

各国在建设信息高速公路方面都全力以赴, 唯恐落后.

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For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

因为生命无法倒流,也不会滞留于昨日.

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He looked backward ( s ) forty years.

他回顾到四十年前.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He did a brilliant backward somersault.

他翻了个漂亮的后翻跟头.

《简明英汉词典》

Backward children need a special kind of schooling.

天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He stepped backward and fell over the cliff.

他向后退了一步就从悬崖上掉下去了.

《简明英汉词典》

The crops are backward this year.

今年的收获期较往年晚.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The crops are early [ backward ] this year.

今年的庄稼早 [ 晚 ] 熟.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

All the actors know the play backward.

所有演员对剧本都熟知到可以倒背如流.

《简明英汉词典》

You have put your hat backward ( s ).

你把帽子戴倒了.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The backward place has changed into an industrial centre.

那落后的地方变成了工业中心.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

真题例句

If you could move faster than light, your time would move backward.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal cost—are depleted.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

It is the season for some frantic last-minute math一across the country, employees of all stripes are counting backward in an attempt to figure out just how much paid time-off they have left in their reserves.

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Instead of casting a wistful glance backward at all the species we've left in the dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real costs of our own intelligence might be.

2009年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英释义

Adjective

1. directed or facing toward the back or rear;
"a backward view"
2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature;
"a backward lover"
3. retarded in intellectual development

Adverb

1. at or to or toward the back or rear;
"he moved back"
"tripped when he stepped backward"
"she looked rearward out the window of the car"
2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal;
"it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"
"the child put her jersey on backward"
3. in or to or toward a past time;
"set the clocks back an hour"
"never look back"
"lovers of the past looking fondly backward"