Retrogression
[,retrə(ʊ)'greʃ(ə)n] or [,rɛtrə'grɛʃən]
解释:
(n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
(n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.
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同义词及近义词：
n. Retrogradation.
校对:拉里
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Retreat, retirement, decline, relapse
ANT:Advance, progress, improvement, amelioration
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例句:
- But how about the foresight and the moral retrogression? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Politically Islam was not an advance, but a retrogression from the traditional freedoms and customary laws of the desert. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- After some retrogression, Mexico, Brazil, and Spanish South America began to develop into great slave-holding, wealth-producing lands. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In some few cases there has been what we must call retrogression or organisation. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The final result will generally have been, as already explained, an advance, but in some few cases a retrogression, in organisation. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
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