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单词 backward
释义
backward
adjective
uk
/ˈbæk.wəd/us
/ˈbæk.wɚd/

backwardadjective(NOT INTELLIGENT/MODERN)

C2
notadvanced:
落后的；迟缓的；愚钝的
When he was achild, histeachersthoughthe was backward(=unabletolearnas much as mostchildren).小时候，老师认为他愚笨迟钝。
People stillthinkof it as a backwardcountry/region/area(= one withoutindustryormodernmachines).人们仍然认为这是一个落后的国家／区域／地区。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Crude and basic
  • 101
  • at bottomidiom
  • backwardness
  • bare
  • basic
  • crude
  • elemental
  • homespun
  • inelegant
  • inelegantly
  • low-tech
  • Mickey Mouse
  • rudely
  • rudeness
  • rudimentary
  • rustic
  • rusticate
  • rustication
  • skeletal
  • two-dimensional
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backwardadjective(OPPOSITE DIRECTION)

towards thedirectionthat is theoppositeto the one in which you arefacing:
向后的；与面对方向相反的
Sheleftwithout a backwardglance.她头也不回地离去了。
He did afantasticbackwardsomersault.他做了一个漂亮的后空翻。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Backwards, sideways and back and forth
  • anticlockwise
  • back and forthidiom
  • back to frontphrase
  • backwards
  • counterclockwise
  • lateral
  • laterally
  • libration
  • retro
  • right/wrong way roundidiom
  • round
  • saw
  • side
  • stand
  • swept-back
  • there and backidiom
  • to and fro
  • to-ing and fro-ing
  • whipsaw
  • wrong
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backwardadjective(SLOW TO DO)

UK
not doing somethingimmediatelyorquickly, because you arenervousor notcertainabout it:
I usuallyfindthat mypartnerisnotbackwardinsuggestingdifferentoptions.
More examples
  • He said as aministerhe would never be backward inreprovingthose whom heconsideredin thewrong.
  • Thecivilservantswere not backward inexaminingthepoliticians'motives.
  • He's not backward inadmittingthat hischoiceof words is not always thebest.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hesitating
  • dilly-dally
  • dither
  • ditherer
  • dithery
  • falter
  • foot
  • halting
  • hang back
  • have a foot in both campsidiom
  • haw
  • hem
  • hem and hawidiom
  • hesitantly
  • hesitate
  • hesitation
  • hum
  • hum and hawidiom
  • pussyfoot
  • sit
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Related word

backwardness

Idioms

be backward in coming forward
without (so much as) a backward glance
backward
adverb
mainlyUS
uk
/ˈbæk.wəd/us
/ˈbæk.wɚd/
→backwardsmainlyUK
向后
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Backwards, sideways and back and forth
  • anticlockwise
  • back and forthidiom
  • back to frontphrase
  • backwards
  • counterclockwise
  • lateral
  • laterally
  • libration
  • retro
  • right/wrong way roundidiom
  • round
  • saw
  • side
  • stand
  • swept-back
  • there and backidiom
  • to and fro
  • to-ing and fro-ing
  • whipsaw
  • wrong
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(Definition ofbackwardfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
backward
adjective
uk
/ˈbæk.wəd/us
/ˈbæk.wɚd/

backwardadjective(NOT INTELLIGENT/MODERN)

C2
notadvanced
落后的；迟缓的；愚钝的
When he was achild, histeachersthoughthe was backward(=unabletolearnas much as mostchildren).小时候，老师认为他愚笨迟钝。
People stillthinkof it as a backwardcountry/region/area(= one withoutindustryormodernmachines).人们仍然认为这是一个落后的国家／区域／地区。

backwardadjective(OPPOSITE DIRECTION)

towards thedirectionthat is theoppositeto the one in which you arefacing
向后的；与面对方向相反的
Sheleftwithout a backwardglance.她头也不回地离去了。
He did afantasticbackwardsomersault.他做了一个漂亮的后空翻。

Idioms

be backward in coming forward
without (so much as) a backward glance
backward
adverb
mainlyUS
uk
/ˈbæk.wəd/us
/ˈbæk.wɚd/
→backwardsmainlyUK
向后

backward| American Dictionary

backward
adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈbæk·wərd/
(alsobackwards,us/ˈbæk·wərdz/)

backwardadverb[not gradable](TOWARD THE BACK)

toward thedirectionthat isoppositeto the one in which you arefacingoroppositeto theusualdirection:
He took astepbackward.
Hebegancountingbackward: "Ten, nine, eight . . ."
She wasskatingaround therink, backward andforward.
backward
adjective
us
/ˈbæk·wərd/

backwardadjective(TOWARD THE BACK)

[not gradable]
directedtoward the back or in thedirectionthat isoppositeto the one in which you arefacing:
He did aterrificbackwardsomersault.

backwardadjective(NOT DEVELOPED)

notdeveloped, or notmodernoradvanced:
Thestateneedstoreformitsbackwardelectionlaws.
(Definition ofbackwardfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbackward

backward
The second solution turns forward jumps intobackwardjumps by generating a single block before the child's loop with a jump-hole.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Convergence ofbackwardeconomies with richer ones seems to be conditional on human capital formation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One problem is that both methods are necessarilybackward-looking (because we can't observe the future) but in different ways.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The issues raised in this chapter are uniqueness, coreference,backwardpronominalization and donkey anaphora.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If the speaker requests a slide change within half a second, the slide is not pre-rendered, because the speaker is likely steppingbackwardthrough slides.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Several different gaits were implemented16 (quadruped crawl forward,backward, side walk to the left, to the right, turning motion, motion over inclination, motion over stairs).
From theCambridge English Corpus
The whole machine can move forward orbackward.
From theCambridge English Corpus
On the other hand, the energy modulation in the linear regime is described by the difference between the forward andbackwarddensity waves.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The forward andbackwarddensity waves at l j have the same intensity and sign.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The eigenvalues and eigenvector s are those of one dimensional compressible fluid dynamics, namely the forward andbackwardsound waves and contact discontinuity solutions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Interactions of group by forward versusbackwardmasking were not significant, suggesting that deficits in forward andbackwardmasking were comparable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In fact, a human-like motion requires that right arm moves forward while right leg movesbackwardand similarly for the other leg and arm.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As in the preceding section, the forward-looking solutions of transition paths are computedbackward, starting from the last period of the transition. 15.
From theCambridge English Corpus
On abackward-looking basis, real rates still remained negative but, depending on estimation methods, rose sharply forward-looking.
From theCambridge English Corpus
First, the augmented ranking rule points to interesting new directions in understandingbackwardanaphora.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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