英汉词典

backward 基本解释

• adj. 向后的；反向的；发展迟缓的
• adv. 向后地；相反地

backward 中文词源

back, 后。-ward, 动词后缀，转，同verse.

backward 英文词源

backward (adv.)

c. 1300, from abakward, from Old English on bæc (see back (adv.)) + -weard adjectival and adverbial suffix (see -ward). Old English had the adverb bæcling. As an adjective, from 1550s. Meaning "behindhand with regard to progress" is first attested 1690s. To ring bells backward (from lowest to highest), c. 1500, was a signal of alarm for fire or invasion, or to express dismay. Another Middle English word for "backward, wrongly" was arseward (c. 1400); Old English had earsling.

backward 词组搭配

backward 英文释义

1. directed or facing toward the back or rear;

"a backward view"

2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature;

"a backward lover"

3. retarded in intellectual development

backward 同义词解析

back, backward, hind, behind

这些词均有"在后，向后"之意。

back： 作为副词或形容词时，强调所修饰物的位置以及动作运动方向。

backward： 可用于人或物，指向后的，落后的或迟钝的。

hind： 指成对并且分前后的东西的"后面的"。

behind： 指一物同它物相对的位置或场所。

backward 双语例句

1. The car passed over the body twice, once backward and then forward.

那辆车把那人来回轧了两次，先是倒着轧的，再是往前开着轧的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. History may judge the enterprise to have been rather backward-looking.

历史也许会证明这一雄心勃勃的计划过于保守了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.

我们应当为落后的祖国加快变革的脚步。

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4. He took two steps backward.

他后退了两步。

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5. She strode past him without a backward glance .

她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。

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backward 实用场景例句

a backward part of the country, with no paved roads and no electricity

该国的一个落后地区，没有铺设马路也没有电力

牛津词典

a backward child

迟钝儿童

牛津词典

(British English,informal)She's not backward in coming forward (= she's not shy) .

她勇敢地站出来。

牛津词典

She strode past him without a backward glance .

她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。

牛津词典

She felt that going back to live in her home town would be a backward step.

她觉得回到家乡生活就是没出息。

牛津词典

He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry...

他打开2号公寓的门，回头瞥了拉里一眼，然后就进了房间。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He did a backward flip.

他做了一个后空翻。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

At a certain age, it's not viable for men to take a backward step into unskilled work...

到了一定的年龄，就不可能再退回去干不需要技能的工作。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Many dentists will no longer treat National Health Service patients, which is a big backward step in this country.

许多牙医不再为依靠国民保健制度的病人看病，这是该国的一大倒退。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.

我们应当为落后的祖国加快变革的脚步。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...research into teaching techniques to help backward children...

关于帮助落后孩子的教学方法研究

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I was slow to walk and talk and my parents thought I was backward.

我学走路和说话都很慢，所以我父母以为我很迟钝。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Take a frequent backward look at yesterday, you will value today and look forward to tomorrow.

经常的回顾昨天, 你会珍惜今天并向往明天.

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It has the magic to turn a backward town into a wonderland of prosperity.

旅游被赋予了某种魔力,能够把一个落后的小镇变成一个令人神往的胜地.

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Then, leg lifting, extending further far as possible, leg extending forward, tip of toe drawing backward.

然后, 左腿抬起, 尽量远伸, 腿跟向前伸, 脚尖向后勾.

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Tripped when he stepped backward.

他在向后走的时候被绊倒了.

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Each country is building information freeway aspect hammer and tongs, wary and backward.

各国在建设信息高速公路方面都全力以赴, 唯恐落后.

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For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

因为生命无法倒流,也不会滞留于昨日.

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He looked backward ( s ) forty years.

他回顾到四十年前.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He did a brilliant backward somersault.

他翻了个漂亮的后翻跟头.

《简明英汉词典》

Backward children need a special kind of schooling.

天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育.

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He stepped backward and fell over the cliff.

他向后退了一步就从悬崖上掉下去了.

《简明英汉词典》

The crops are backward this year.

今年的收获期较往年晚.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The crops are early [ backward ] this year.

今年的庄稼早 [ 晚 ] 熟.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

All the actors know the play backward.

所有演员对剧本都熟知到可以倒背如流.

《简明英汉词典》

You have put your hat backward ( s ).

你把帽子戴倒了.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The backward place has changed into an industrial centre.

那落后的地方变成了工业中心.

《现代汉英综合大词典》