单词 | in retard of |
释义 | > as lemmasin retard of b. in retard of: behind (a person or thing) in progress or development. ΚΠ 1830 C. C. Colton Narr. Fr. Revol. 9 Those therefore who had been members of the National Guard, determined to be no longer in retard of the general movement. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. iv. 132 I was far in retard of them in real knowledge. 1954 E. S. Kirby Introd. Econ. Hist. China iii. 28 In his ‘dangerous thoughts’, this writer was in advance of his times, but in his safe ones he was in retard of them. 1971 Times 14 Apr. 14/3 The Government, somewhat in retard of the fact, enacted the..eugenic protection law in 1949. 2006 Nation (Pakistan) (Nexis) 11 Dec. India's interest today is to keep its neighbours in retard of the stage of development of its own industry. < as lemmas |
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