Backwards
['bækwədz] or ['bækwɚdz]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
(adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
(adv.) On the back, or with the back downward.
(adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
(adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.
(adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
(adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
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同義詞及近義詞：
ad. Regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The carriage was ready: they were bringing it round to the front, and my master was pacing the pavement, Pilot following him backwards and forwards. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Would you read backwards the unchangeable laws of Necessity? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She paused--twisted the cloth in her hands, backwards and forwards, and whispered to herself, What is it he said? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- There was a general rush to the carriages, and Mr. Huskisson, in trying to enter his carriage, slipped backwards and fell upon the rails. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The room in which the ladies sat was backwards. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Nathaniel Pipkin could make no reply, so old Lobbs shook him backwards and forwards, for two or three minutes, by way of arranging his ideas for him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He poured out these words fiercely, all in a breath, walking backwards and forwards, and striking about him in the air with his whip. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The men were working backwards toward the little party who were facing away from the sailors. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It nearly knocked me backwards. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Spain and Portugal, indeed, are supposed to have gone backwards. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Bring the sacks, he shouted to Anselmo as he walked backwards. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Stepping backwards, facing the foe as he went, he guarded his prey to the counting-house. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It may or may not be connected with our inquiry, but we will follow it backwards before we go any farther. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- And being nailed to the tops of fence posts to be pushed over backwards for the others. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- You have been carrying the Diamond backwards and forwards, here and in London, and you are still a living man! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Though it goes backwards and forwards between the ground and the granary, it never changes masters, and therefore does not properly circulate. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The infuriated beast, pulled up and backwards until he stood upon his hind legs, struggled impotently in this unnatural position. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- To come backwards and forwards here, in the same way, for ever? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Between these two turns, hidden from the lodge on one side, and from the way to the station on the other, I waited, walking backwards and forwards. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Forwards to our time or backwards away from us? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Here, he dodged backwards and forwards, and did all sorts of things while I looked helplessly at him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Because, my dear, you see, many people can't ride backwards; and there's Mrs. Hodson my wife as is one of them. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- In the deep shade, at the farther end of the room, a figure ran backwards and forwards. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The opening being then closed by a screw-nut, the apparatus, which is mounted on pivots, with an appropriate stand, is swung backwards and forwards like a pendulum. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- While I was under these circumstances, two rats crept up the curtains, and ran smelling backwards and forwards on the bed. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- China, however, though it may, perhaps, stand still, does not seem to go backwards. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The hall lamp was now lit, and it amused her to look over the balustrade and watch the servants passing backwards and forwards. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He did not know how long he had been walking uneasily backwards and forwards, but Rosamond felt that it was long, and wished that he would sit down. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Rolling bridges are suspended from a structure high above the water, and are propelled backwards and forwards by means of rollers. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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