backward

英 ['bækwəd] 美 ['bækwɚd]

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※ 提供单词"backward"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

backward 向后

back, 后。-ward, 动词后缀，转，同verse.

backward (adv.): c. 1300, from abakward, from Old English on bæc (see back (adv.)) + -weard adjectival and adverbial suffix (see -ward). Old English had the adverb bæcling. As an adjective, from 1550s. Meaning "behindhand with regard to progress" is first attested 1690s. To ring bells backward (from lowest to highest), c. 1500, was a signal of alarm for fire or invasion, or to express dismay. Another Middle English word for "backward, wrongly" was arseward (c. 1400); Old English had earsling.

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1. The car passed over the body twice, once backward and then forward.: 那辆车把那人来回轧了两次，先是倒着轧的，再是往前开着轧的。

2. History may judge the enterprise to have been rather backward-looking.: 历史也许会证明这一雄心勃勃的计划过于保守了。

3. We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.: 我们应当为落后的祖国加快变革的脚步。