retard
retard 英 [rɪˈtɑ:d] 美 [rɪˈtɑrd]
vt. 延迟；阻止；妨碍；使减速 vi. 减慢；受到阻滞 n. 延迟；阻止
进行时:retarding 过去式:retarded 过去分词:retarded 第三人称单数:retards 名词复数:retards
- To retard something is to slow it down. A lack of fresh fruit and vegetables can retard the growth of a young child.
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- vt. 延迟；阻止；妨碍；使减速
- vi. 减慢；受到阻滞
- n. 延迟；阻止
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1. And I make a solemn oath to myself that nothing will retard my new life's growth.
我郑重地发誓，绝不让任何事情妨碍我新生命的成长。
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2. Will a bigger, longer, and presumably bloodier occupation advance or retard the ultimate aim of discouraging Islamist terrorism?
一种更大规模、更持久，或许会产生更多流血事件的进军，对挫败伊斯兰恐怖主义的最终目标会起推进作用，还是造成妨碍呢？
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3. But that is the right question to ask, not whether we should retard its development with complex regulations, or still worse, relinquish it.
其实这才是要解决的关键问题，而非我们是否应该通过复杂的规章来限制发展，或更糟糕地，干脆放弃。
- retard (v.) late 15c., "make slow or slower," from French retarder "restrain, hold (someone) back, keep (someone from doing something); come to a stop" (13c.) or directly from Latin retardare "make slow, delay, keep back, hinder" (see retardation). Related: Retarded; retarding.
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