Backward
['bækwəd] or ['bækwɚd]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) directed or facing toward the back or rear; 'a backward view' .
(adj.) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; 'a backward lover' .
(adj.) having made less than normal progress; 'an economically backward country' .
(adj.) retarded in intellectual development .
(adv.) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; 'it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege''; 'the child put her jersey on backward'.
錄入:玛丽埃塔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(adv.) Alt. of Backwards
(a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
(a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
(a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
(a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
(a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
(a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
(n.) The state behind or past.
(v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.
錄入:鲁道夫
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Averse, unwilling, reluctant, loath, disinclined, indisposed, wavering, hesitating.[2]. Dull, sluggish, slow, stupid, stolid.[3]. Late, tardy, behindhand, after the usual time.
ad. Regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT.
編輯:米考伯
同義詞及反義詞：
[See BACKWARDNESS]
弗里达編輯
解釋/意思:
adv. towards the back: on the back: towards the past: from a better to a worse state: in a direction opposite to the normal—also Back′wards.—adj. Back′ward keeping back: unwilling: slow: late: dull or stupid.—n. the past portion of time.—n. Back′wardation percentage paid by a seller of stock for keeping back its delivery till the following account.—adv. Back′wardly.—n. Back′wardness.—Backward and forward to and fro.—To ring bells backward to ring them beginning with the bass bell in order to give tidings of dismay.
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例句/造句/用法:
- But immediately afterwards the armature springs backward and makes contact at _P_ and the entire operation is repeated. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- One workman is seen cutting a long strand from a hide which he turns round as he cuts, while another man walks backward with this, twisting it as he goes. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Will you, she said, go backward or forward? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- They had proceeded but a short distance when a backward glance revealed to the horrified gaze of Mr. Philander that the lion was following them. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Hortense, when she mentioned Louis, described him as having what she called des moyens, but as being too backward and quiet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I was backward, seemed desirous of being excused, had not had sufficient time to correct, &c. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I ran to the hydrant, leaned over backward, opened my eyes, and ran the hydrant water right into them. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- When the gate is raised, the water moves forward, but the motion, so to speak, runs backward. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The process bears as much resemblance to statecraft as sitting backward on a runaway horse does to horsemanship. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- As I was ignorant of the month in which Sir Percival was born, I began my backward search with the early part of the year. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- No, said Will, shaking his head backward somewhat after the manner of a spirited horse. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The scene before the reddleman's eyes was a gradual series of ascents from the level of the road backward into the heart of the heath. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Those deep gray eyes rather near together--and the delicate irregular nose with a sort of ripple in it--and all the powdered curls hanging backward. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- In one of the backward moves, on the 6th, the division commanded by General Prentiss did not fall back with the others. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- This bar-clasp could be moved backward and forward on a rod as the spinner’s hand would do when stretching the thread and winding it on. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- This annular space is increased at will by means of the lever L, which acts upon a screw whose office is to cause the pipe B and its attached parts to move backward or forward. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Unless the powder from a badly fitting cartridge happens to spurt backward, one may fire many shots without leaving a sign. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I've seen unfortunate little creatures left to servants, or backward ones pushed forward, when it's real cruelty. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- In a sense the mind of savage peoples is an effect, rather than a cause, of their backward institutions. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- No, I am ignorant and backward, Joe. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Yes, said Will, impetuously, shaking his head backward, and looking away from her with irritation in his face. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He, too, had caught a fleeting backward glimpse of cruel yellow eyes and half open mouth within startling proximity of his person. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- With,' returned the man, pointing backward over his right shoulder with his right thumb, 'the T'other Governor? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- This arrangement interfered with correct meter registration, as the meters on one side of the system registered backward during the hours in which the combination was employed. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He fell backward in his chair, and, clasping his hands together, gazed on the apparition with a mingled look of abhorrence and fear. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- If a mirror is held so that a ray of light strikes it in a perpendicular direction, the light is reflected backward along the path by which it came. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Thinkest thou our word is a feather, to be blown backward and forward between us? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- To answer this, we must carry the reader backward in his history. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Before the officers had taken a dozen backward steps the men were upon them. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- But she's an old brick, said Alfred, rising from his chair, and pulling Mary's head backward to kiss her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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