retrograde

英 [ˈretrəɡreɪd]

美 [ˈretrəɡreɪd]

adj.  倒退的; 退化的; 退步的
vi.  逆行; 倒退; 退步使倒退倒退地; 向后地

复数：retrogrades　现在分词：retrograding　过去式：retrograded　第三人称单数：retrogrades　过去分词：retrograded　

TOEFL

BNC.17000 / COCA.34237

牛津词典

adj.

• 倒退的；退化的；退步的
  making a situation worse or returning to how sth was in the past
  1. The closure of the factory is a retrograde step .
     工厂的关闭是一大退步。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 倒退的;后退的;退化的
  Aretrogradeaction is one that you think makes a situation worse rather than better.
  1. 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”。

英英释义

verb

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition
  Synonym:regressretrogress
• go back over
  1. retrograde arguments
  Synonym:rehashhash over
• move back
  1. The glacier retrogrades
  Synonym:retreat
• move in a direction contrary to the usual one
  1. retrograding planets
• move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

adj

• of amnesia
• moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
  Synonym:retral
• moving from east to west on the celestial sphere
• going from better to worse
  Synonym:retrogressive

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