retard
verb[T]
formaluk/rɪˈtɑːd/us/rɪˈtɑːrd/to make somethingslower:
阻碍；减缓Ariseininterestrateswouldseverelyretardeconomicgrowth.利率提高会严重阻碍经济发展。
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- busywork
- buy timeidiom
- carry
- carrysomethingover
- dally
- inefficiency
- inefficiently
- kick
- kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
- kick the can down the roadidiom
- push
- retardation
- setsomeoneback(something)
- shelve
- sit
- sit onsomething
- slow roll
- spin
- stall
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Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
retard
noun[C]
offensiveuk/ˈriː.tɑːd/us/ˈriː.tɑːrd/astupidormentallyslowperson:
智力迟钝者；弱智；笨蛋I'm notplayingwith him, he's atotalretard.我才不跟他玩呢，他整个一大笨蛋。
Stupid and silly people
- airhead
- berk
- birdbrain
- blithering idiot
- blockhead
- dumb-ass
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- eejit
- mutt
- need
- needyourhead examinedidiom
- nimrod
- nincompoop
- thicko
- tosser
- troglodyte
- turkey
- twerp