retrograde
美音:
[´retrəg´reıd
]英音:
[´retrəg´reıd
]adj.倒退的 v.倒退
难易程度:
retrograde为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:retrogradely 动词过去式:retrograded 过去分词:retrograded 现在分词:retrograding 第三人称单数:retrogrades 名词:retrogradation
词根
grad=to walk(行走) 变化型 gress
近义词, 同义词
retrograde
/'retrəgreɪd; `rɛtrə,ˇred/
adj (fml 文)
1 going backwards 向後的; 後退的
*retrograde motion 逆向运动.
2 getting worse; returning to a less good condition 退化的; 恶化的; 衰退的
*a retrograde policy, step 倒退的政策、一步.
retrograde
adj[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;Origin: retrogradus, from gradi
'to go']
formal involving a return to an earlier and worse situation
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backward The closure of the factories is seen as a retrograde step .technical moving backwards
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backward