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retrograde

英 ['retrəgreɪd] 美 ['rɛtrəɡred]

解释

adj. 倒退的；退化的；次序颠倒的
vi. 逆行；倒退；退步
vt. 使倒退
adv. 倒退地；向后地

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中文词源

retrograde 倒退，退化

retro-,向后，往回，-grad,走，词源同 grade,aggressive.引申词义倒退，退化。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. The closure of the factory is a retrograde step .: 工厂的关闭是一大退步。

2. The Prime Minister described transferring education to central government funding as "a retrograde step".: 首相称将教育投入转由中央政府拨款是“一种倒退”。

3. Infection can spread retrograde down a drain from the exterior.: 感染能从外界经引流管逆行播散.

4. The motion of the particle is retrograde.: 质点运动是衰减的.

5. This retrograde conduction does not always take place.: 逆向传导不经常进行.