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单词 retrogressive
释义
retrogressive
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌret.rəˈɡres.ɪv/us
/ˈret.rə.ɡres.ɪv/
causingareturnto anolderandworsestate:
retrogressive anddisastrouspolicies
Theplanisextremelyretrogressive.
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  • Somepeopledismissedhim as a retrogressivetraditionalist.
  • Thesearticlesseemedretrogressive.
  • Thistrendcould beseenas a retrogressive one from the women’spointofview.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Deteriorating and making worse
  • add
  • admin
  • aggravate
  • backslide
  • be (all) downhillidiom
  • debase
  • deteriorate
  • deterioration
  • devaluation
  • devalue
  • disintegrate
  • dog
  • make matters worseidiom
  • one step forward, two steps backidiom
  • regress
  • regression
  • regressive
  • relapse
  • worse
  • worsen
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(Definition ofretrogressivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofretrogressive

retrogressive
Retrogressivechlorite replacement is characteristic along the shear bands.
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Language teachingretrogressive, rendering growth and development elusive.
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Formal procedural safeguards are also essential in order to protect it againstretrogressiveamendment.
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At least one of theseretrogressivephases is also recognized in narrow shear zones developed in the overlying peridotites.
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The secondretrogressivestage is marked by the retrogression of the medium- to low-pressure granulite facies mineral assemblages into the amphibolite facies.
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Further, it also prevents hasty andretrogressiveamendments being rushed through parliament.
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It is aretrogressivestep and would militate against the chances of success of my present policy of education in the uses of money.
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This later deformation, spatially linked to a small granodiorite body in the southwest, is characterized by the development ofretrogressivechlorite after white micas and calcite.
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It would be completely incomprehensible, unprofessional andretrogressiveto focus only on mainstreaming.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We regard it asretrogressiveand embodying one of the worst features of company law.
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We may think the local opinion is misguided,retrogressiveand ignorant of the value of amenity; but nevertheless it should be heard.
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It would beretrogressiveif that system were to go.
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That is aretrogressiveand damaging step, and the whole country should be in no doubt about what is happening.
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There is no safeguard here againstretrogressivelegislation.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are not only not content with making aretrogressivemovement, but we make a bold demand for a progressive movement.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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