retard

英 [rɪˈtɑːd , ˈriːtɑːd]

美 [rɪˈtɑːrd , ˈriːtɑːrd]

v.  阻碍; 减缓; 使放慢速度
n.  迟钝的人; 弱智

现在分词：retarding　第三人称单数：retards　过去分词：retarded　过去式：retarded　

CET6TOEFLGRETEM8

BNC.22219 / COCA.17082

牛津词典

verb

• 阻碍；减缓；使放慢速度
  to make the development or progress of sth slower
  1. The progression of the disease can be retarded by early surgery.
     早期手术可以抑制病情的发展。

noun

• 迟钝的人；弱智
  an offensive way of describing sb who is not intelligent or who has not developed normally

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /rɪ'tɑːd/. The noun is pronounced /'riːtɑːd/. 动词读作/rɪ'tɑːd/。名词读作/'riːtɑːd/。


• VERB 延迟;减缓;妨碍
  If somethingretardsa process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly.
  1. Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.
     持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关系到国家未来的谈判的进行。
• N-COUNT 笨蛋;傻子
  If you describe someone as aretard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially.
  1. What the hell do I want with an emotional retard?
     和一个感情用事的傻瓜在一起，我究竟是图什么？

英英释义

noun

• a person of subnormal intelligence
  Synonym:idiotimbecilecretinmoronchangelinghalf-wit

verb

• cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
  1. This drug will retard your heart rate
• lose velocity
  1. The car decelerated
  Synonym:decelerateslowslow downslow up
• slow the growth or development of
  1. The brain damage will retard the child's language development
  Synonym:checkdelay
• be delayed

双语例句

• Lack of sunlight will retard the growth of most plants.
  缺乏阳光会妨碍大多数植物的生长。
• And I make a solemn oath to myself that nothing will retard my new life's growth.
  今天，我开始新的生活。我郑重地发誓，绝不让任何事情妨碍我新生命的成长。
• A rise in interest rates would severely retard economic growth.
  利率的上升将严重阻碍经济的增长。
• Numerous and extensive eddy cavities retard the turbulent mixing process.
  多而大的涡流区延迟了扰动的混合过程。
• You are being the most dramatic retard.
  你现在像是个非常戏剧化的白吃。
• All agencies that provoke change and all that retard it can be discribed as'good'or'bad'respectively.
  一切促进变化和一切妨碍变化的力量都可以分别称为“好”的或“坏”的。
• Writing may retard the process of language change under certain conditions.
  在某些情况下，文字可能延缓语言的变化。
• Understand the forces in your organization that drive and retard change.
  理解你的组织中有哪些阻碍变革的力量。
• His daughter is in this retard's hands day and night?
  整天守着他女儿的是这白痴？
• Allowing foreign investment tends to promote sectoral growth, not retard it.
  允许外国投资进入往往会推动（而非阻碍）行业增长。