| 单词 | regressive |
| 释义 | regressive (once / 24831 pages) adj Use the adjective regressive to describe something that moves backward instead of forward, like a society that grants women fewer and fewer rights each year. To understand the word regressive, it's helpful to know that its antonym, or opposite, is progressive. When something is progressive, it tends to get better and more advanced. Something that's regressive, on the other hand, gets less developed or returns to an older state. Since the late 1800s, regressive has also labeled a kind of tax policy that rewards those who make more money and punishes those who make less. WORD FAMILYregressive: regressively+/regress: regressed, regresses, regressing, regression, regressive/regression: regressions USAGE EXAMPLESTrump ran on racism, and now his team is all set to codify racism into some of the most regressive policies we’ve seen in decades. Salon(Dec 26, 2016) They are reluctant to raise council tax, whose regressive nature means that the poor would end up paying relatively more. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) In fact, his plan is a slightly more regressive version of Ryan’s. Slate(Nov 30, 2016) 1adj opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state Syn|Ant backward directed or facing toward the back or rear atavistic, throwbackcharacteristic of an atavist retrograde, retrogressivegoing from better to worse returning, revertingtending to return to an earlier state unmodernised, unmodernizednot brought up to date progressive favoring or promoting progress forwardat or near or directed toward the front industrialhaving highly developed industries advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modernahead of the times advancing, forward, forward-movingmoving forward modernised, modernizedbrought up to date state-of-the-artthe highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time) 2adj (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases Ant progressive (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases degressive(of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。