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单词 regress
释义
regress
verb[I]
formal
uk
/rɪˈɡres/us
/rɪˈɡres/

regressverb[I](RETURN TO WORSE STATE)

toreturnto apreviousand lessadvancedorworsestate,condition, or way ofbehaving:
退步；退化；倒退
Shesufferedbraindamagefrom thecaraccidentand regressedtothementalageof a five-year-old.在那起汽车交通事故中，她的脑部受损，智商倒退到5岁孩子的水平。
He says thecityhas regressed intermsofparticipationinrecycling.
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progressnoun
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  • It'salmostlike we've regressed to the 1950s.
  • When hestoppedplayingsportshe regressed tooldhabitsandbecamemoredistant.
  • In someareas, such as writingskillsamongmiddleschoolstudents,performanceseriouslyregressed.
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
  • regression
  • regressive
  • relapse
  • retrograde
  • worse
  • worsen
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regressverb[I](GET BETTER)

medicalspecialized
(of anillnessoritssymptoms(=effects)) tobecomelesssevere:
Followingremovalof thetumour, all thesymptomsregressed.
Thediseasemay regress if thepatientstopssmoking.
More examples
  • At thisstage, herclinicalsymptomshad regressed, herconvulsionshadstoppedand heractivitylevel,muscletone, andreflexeswerenormal.
  • The lipoma regressedrelativelyrapidlyuntilsymptomshadcompletelydisappeared.
  • They will betreatedaslongastheirdiseaseisstableor regressing.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Recovering from illness
  • clear(something)up
  • correct
  • curability
  • curative
  • get oversomething/someone
  • granulate
  • healing
  • hold
  • recovery
  • rehabilitation
  • rehydrate
  • remedial
  • remission
  • responsive
  • responsiveness
  • rest cure
  • rose
  • self-healing
  • sleep
  • therapeutic
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regression
(Definition ofregressfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
regress
verb[I]
formal
uk
/rɪˈɡres/us
/rɪˈɡres/
toreturnto apreviousand lessadvancedorworsestate,condition, or way ofbehaving
退步；退化；倒退
Shesufferedbraindamagefrom thecaraccidentand regressedtothementalageof a five-year-old.在那起汽车交通事故中，她的脑部受损，智商倒退到5岁孩子的水平。
Compare
progressnoun

regress| American Dictionary

regress
verb[I]
us
/rɪˈɡres/
toreturnto apreviousand lessadvancedorworsestate:
Ourteamimprovedin the secondhalf, whileouropponentsregressed.

regression

noun[U]us
/rɪˈɡreʃ·ən/
Learning alanguagerequiresregression tochildlikesimplicity.
(Definition ofregressfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofregress

regress
Two simple tests for multicollinearity are: (i)regresseach independent variable on the remaining independent variables.
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The final model, regressed the dependent variable (life satisfaction) onto the mediator (environmental mastery) and the independent variables.
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Next, we conducted logistic regression analyses in which each of the four young adult offspring outcomes was regressed on the residualized family circumstance variables.
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We then derived a linear factor score and regressed it on each raw-score depression scale.
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In the first model, mortality risk was regressed only on the two early-retirement measures.
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Results indicated that learners made significant collocation improvement immediately after the online practice but regressed later.
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Sound levels at the time of testing were regressed against reading comprehension and annoyance within the high noise sample.
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She stresses how much she wants to reject the thinking behind terms such as ' winners and losers, centers and margins, progress andregress' (p. 5).
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Controlling for soil quality with regional dummies, we regressed the biomass density on annual rainfall in the villages for which biomass density data were available.
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Even if we can find a way to halt theregress, the prospect is disturbing.
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In order to test this hypothesis, we divided our analysis into two parts, regressing political variables against inflation rates for the 1970s and 1980s separately.
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This produces three separate equations, in which measures of factional influence and control variables are regressed on to each candidate's share of the vote.
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Specific weight measured with the standard procedure was regressed against the weight of grain filling the reduced-volume chondrometer.
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Missing sensitivity scores were generated by substituting values derived from a regression equation in which sensitivity was regressed on the global sensitivity ratings.
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It canregressspontaneously, but may also progress to stage 4 or 5, where retinal detachment is present and treatment is not effective.
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