backwardness

英 [ˈbækwədnəs]

美 [ˈbækwərdnəs]

n.  落后状况

医学

BNC.23144 / COCA.22947

牛津词典

noun

• 落后状况
  the state of having made less progress than normal

柯林斯词典

In American English,backwardis usually used as an adverb instead ofbackwards.Backwardis also sometimes used in this way in formal British English. Seebackwardsfor these uses.
美国英语通常将backward用作副词，而不用backwards。正式的英国英语中有时也有这种用法。此类用法参见backwards。

• ADJ 向后的，往后的（一些人亦使用backwards)
  Abackwardmovement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people usebackwardsfor this meaning.
  1. He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry...
     他打开2号公寓的门，回头瞥了拉里一眼，然后就进了房间。
  2. He did a backward flip.
     他做了一个后空翻。
• ADJ 倒退的；不进反退的
  If someone takes abackwardstep, they do something that does not change or improve their situation, but causes them to go back a stage.
  1. At a certain age, it's not viable for men to take a backward step into unskilled work...
     到了一定的年龄，就不可能再退回去干不需要技能的工作。
  2. Many dentists will no longer treat National Health Service patients, which is a big backward step in this country.
     许多牙医不再为依靠国民保健制度的病人看病，这是该国的一大倒退。
• ADJ-GRADED 落后的
  Abackwardcountry or society does not have modern industries and machines.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 迟钝的；学习吃力的
  Abackwardchild has difficulty in learning.
  1. ...research into teaching techniques to help backward children...
     关于帮助落后孩子的教学方法研究
  2. I was slow to walk and talk and my parents thought I was backward.
     我学走路和说话都很慢，所以我父母以为我很迟钝。

英英释义

noun

• lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
  Synonym:retardationmental retardationslownesssubnormality

双语例句

• In the course of the20th century, we Asian people waged unyielding struggles to win national independence and liberation, get rid of poverty and backwardness and bring about development and prosperity, scoring remarkable achievements step.
  在二十世纪的百的历程中，亚洲人民为争取国家和民族解放，为摆脱贫穷落后，实现发展繁荣，进行了不屈不挠的斗争，取得了举世瞩目的成就。
• China is still a developing country with a big population, weak economic foundation, uneven development, relative backwardness in science and technology, and far from complete economic and political institutions. These are our basic national conditions.
  中国仍然是一个发展中国家，人口多、底子薄、发展不平衡，科学技术相对落后，经济体制和政治体制还不完善，是我们的基本国情。
• At that time, I had a deep sense of the poverty, backwardness and feebleness of old China.
  对旧中国的贫困落后和国势衰败有着深刻感受。
• There was similar economic and cultural backwardness.
  经济和文化落后，这是近似的。
• We need to develop the country and shake off backwardness.
  我们面临发展和摆脱落后的任务。
• This general line of the starting point is to change as soon as possible the economic and cultural backwardness of our country, but the neglect of the objective laws of economic development.
  这条总路线的出发点是要尽快地改变我国经济文化落后的状况，但是忽视了经济发展的客观规律。
• For them, bicycles were an unwelcome reminder of past poverty and backwardness.
  对他们来说，自行车令人生厌，让他们回忆起过去的贫穷和落后。
• The Central Committee points out that this is a great revolution in which China's economic and technological backwardness will be overcome and the dictatorship of the proletariat further consolidated.
  中央指出：这是一场根本改变我国经济和技术落后面貌，进一步巩固无产阶级专政的伟大革命。
• We must recognize our backwardness, because only such recognition offers hope.
  要承认落后，承认落后就有希望了。
• Seclusion and exclusion can only lead to stagnation and backwardness.
  封闭、排他只会导致僵化和落后。