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
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