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retrograde

美音:[´retrəg´reıd ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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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
= backward
 The closure of the factories is seen as a retrograde step .
technical moving backwards
= backward