英语词汇“backward”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	backward
释义	back·ward I. \ˈbakwə(r)d\ adverb or back·wards \-dz\ Etymology: Middle English bakward, bakwardes, from bak back + -ward, -wardes 1. a. : toward the back or rear < throw the arms out and backward > b. : with the back in advance or foremost < pull a chair backward away from a table > < drive backward up a driveway > 2. a. : in the direction from which one came : in a reverse or contrary direction or way < read backward > < do things backward > < turn a handle backward > < the tide ebbs backward toward the sea — John DeMeyer > b. : toward the past < lovers of romance who look fondly backward > c. : in a regressive direction < under his administration the community was not only at a standstill but going backward > : toward an earlier and worse state < moving backward culturally and morally > II. adjective Etymology: Middle English bakward, from bakward, adverb 1. a. : directed or turned backward < a backward glance > < a backward movement of the train > < a backward jerk of the arm — Wirt Williams > < a backward slant to his handwriting > b. : done or executed backward < a backward twist of a handle > 2. archaic : situated or placed toward or in the back or rear 3. : reluctant, diffident, shy < a man hardly backward in asserting himself > < a backward suitor > < I have been backward to begin my canvass — Edmund Burke > 4. a. : slow to learn or dull of comprehension : mentally retarded < a backward child > b. : holding to outworn or traditional ideas, views, or principles : reactionary, unprogressive < a backward person, imbued with strong and irrational prejudices > c. : in a relatively underdeveloped state especially economically and socially < technological assistance to the backward areas of the world > < a backward agrarian country > < desires to elevate the more backward portions of the human family — Philip Mason > 5. : unsupported by a fellow pawn in chess and not readily movable to a position to be so supported • back·ward·ly adverb III. noun (-s) : the part behind or past < the dark backward … of time — Shakespeare >
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