retrograde
英 ['retr?gre?d]
美['r?tr?ɡred]
- adj. 倒退的；退化的；次序顛倒的
- vi. 逆行；倒退；退步
- vt. 使倒退
- adv. 倒退地；向后地
暢通詞匯
中文詞源
retrograde 倒退，退化
retro-,向后，往回，-grad,走，詞源同 grade,aggressive.引申詞義倒退，退化。
英文詞源
- retrograde
- retrograde: see gradual
- retrograde (adj.)
- late 14c., originally of the apparent motions of planets, from Latin retrogradus "going back, going backward," from retrogradi "move backward," from retro- "backward" (see retro-) + gradi "to go, step" (see grade (n.)). General sense of "tending to revert" is recorded from 1530s.
雙語例句
- 1. The closure of the factory is a retrograde step .
- 工廠的關閉是一大退步。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. The Prime Minister described transferring education to central government funding as "a retrograde step".
- 首相稱將教育投入轉由中央政府撥款是“一種倒退”。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Infection can spread retrograde down a drain from the exterior.
- 感染能從外界經引流管逆行播散.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The motion of the particle is retrograde.
- 質點運動是衰減的.
來自辭典例句
- 5. This retrograde conduction does not always take place.
- 逆向傳導不經常進行.
來自辭典例句