Retrograde

['retrəgreɪd] or ['rɛtrəɡred]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) go back over; 'retrograde arguments'.

(verb.) move back; 'The glacier retrogrades'.

(verb.) move in a direction contrary to the usual one; 'retrograding planets'.

(verb.) move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies.

(adj.) of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma .

(adj.) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth .

(adj.) going from better to worse .

伯特伦編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

(a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.

(a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.

(v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.

(v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.

海尔格校對

同義詞及近義詞：

a. Backward.

v. n. Retrocede, recede, retire, go or move backward, retrace one's steps.

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解釋/意思:

adj. going backward: falling from better to worse: contrary: (biol.) becoming less highly organised as 'a retrograde theory:' swimming backwards as many animals: (astron.) moving westwards relatively to the fixed stars.—v.i. to go backwards.—ns. Retrogradā′tion deterioration; Rē′trogress falling off; Rētrogres′sion a going backward: a decline in quality or merit.—adjs. Rētrogres′sional Rētrogress′ive.—adv. Rētrogress′ively.—n. Rētrogress′iveness.

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