backward 英 [ˈbækwəd]   美 [ˈbækwərd]

backward

backward  英 [ˈbækwəd] 美 [ˈbækwərd]

adj. 向后的;落后的 

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。
a backward child 迟钝儿童

  • Backward means "toward the rear" or "behind." It’s the opposite of forward. If you stop peddling your bike on a hill, you’ll start rolling backward. If you count backward from 10 to 1, you probably just hypnotized someone.
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  • adj. 向后的;落后的
  • 1. 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。

  • 2. a backward child

    迟钝儿童

  • 3. She's not backward in coming forward.

    她勇敢地站出来。

  • 4. 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

  • backward (adv.) "with the face to the rear, in the direction behind," c. 1300, from abakward, from Old English on bæc (see back (adv.), and compare aback) + -weard adjectival and adverbial suffix (see -ward).
back·ward / ˈbækwəd ; NAmE ˈbækwərd / adjective 1 [only before noun ] directed or moving towards the back 向后的;朝后的 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。 2 moving in a direction that means that no progress is being made 倒退的;反向的 SYN retrograde 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。 3 having made less progress than normal; developing slowly 落后的;进步缓慢的 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 a backward child 迟钝儿童 ( BrE) ( informal) She's not backward in coming forward (= she's not shy). 她勇敢地站出来。 compare forward adj. back·ward / ˈbækwəd ; NAmE ˈbækwərd /
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