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retrograde

英 ['retrəgreɪd] 美['rɛtrəɡred]
  • adj. 倒退的;退化的;次序颠倒的
  • vi. 逆行;倒退;退步
  • vt. 使倒退
  • adv. 倒退地;向后地

畅通词汇

中文词源


retrograde 倒退,退化

retro-,向后,往回,-grad,走,词源同 grade,aggressive.引申词义倒退,退化。

英文词源


retrograde
retrograde: see gradual
retrograde (adj.)
late 14c., originally of the apparent motions of planets, from Latin retrogradus "going back, going backward," from retrogradi "move backward," from retro- "backward" (see retro-) + gradi "to go, step" (see grade (n.)). General sense of "tending to revert" is recorded from 1530s.

双语例句


1. The closure of the factory is a retrograde step .
工厂的关闭是一大退步。

来自《权威词典》

2. The Prime Minister described transferring education to central government funding as "a retrograde step".
首相称将教育投入转由中央政府拨款是“一种倒退”。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Infection can spread retrograde down a drain from the exterior.
感染能从外界经引流管逆行播散.

来自辞典例句

4. The motion of the particle is retrograde.
质点运动是衰减的.

来自辞典例句

5. This retrograde conduction does not always take place.
逆向传导不经常进行.

来自辞典例句