retrograde

Word family nounretrogradationadjectiveretrogradeadverbretrogradely

ret·ro·grade /ˈretrəɡreɪd/ adjectiveadj

1 PROGRESS formal involving a return to an earlier and worse situation 倒退的，后退的 SYN backward

The closure of the factories is seen as a retrograde step.

工厂的关闭被认为是一个退步。

2. technical moving backwards 向后退的 SYN backward

Examples from the Corpus

retrograde• Venus's rotation is retrograde.• The global health scene has been characterised by major steps forward but with some disturbing retrograde features.• retrograde racial politics

retrograde step• In view of the benevolent rule of the communes this might seem to have been retrograde step.• Mr. Hurd I do not think that it would be a retrograde step.• The trade in live exports will begin again which is a major retrograde step.• To eliminate the possibility of this would seem to be a retrograde step.• The closure of the plant is a retrograde step, as that technology is very much needed.• The appointment of Valuev was not quite the retrograde step that some contemporaries thought it to be.• I was told this was a retrograde step: what I was advocating was narrow nationalism in an age of increasing internationalism.

Origin retrograde

(1300-1400) Latin retrogradus, from gradi “to go”

词汇	retrograde
释义	retrograde Word family nounretrogradationadjectiveretrogradeadverbretrogradely ret·ro·grade /ˈretrəɡreɪd/ adjectiveadj 1 PROGRESS formal involving a return to an earlier and worse situation 倒退的，后退的 SYN backward The closure of the factories is seen as a retrograde step. 工厂的关闭被认为是一个退步。 2. technical moving backwards 向后退的 SYN backward Examples from the Corpus retrograde• Venus's rotation is retrograde.• The global health scene has been characterised by major steps forward but with some disturbing retrograde features.• retrograde racial politics retrograde step• In view of the benevolent rule of the communes this might seem to have been retrograde step.• Mr. Hurd I do not think that it would be a retrograde step.• The trade in live exports will begin again which is a major retrograde step.• To eliminate the possibility of this would seem to be a retrograde step.• The closure of the plant is a retrograde step, as that technology is very much needed.• The appointment of Valuev was not quite the retrograde step that some contemporaries thought it to be.• I was told this was a retrograde step: what I was advocating was narrow nationalism in an age of increasing internationalism. Origin retrograde (1300-1400) Latin retrogradus, from gradi “to go”
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