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

双语例句

• The gold standard for diagnosis has been the invasive ERP, or endoscopic retrograde pancreatography;
  诊断的金标准时有创性ERP，逆行性胰胆管造影。
• You may be wondering whether you should finalize any of this with Mercury retrograde.
  你也许会好奇你是否需要因为水星的逆行而作出定论。
• A man can have an orgasm without ejaculating. Orgasm without ejaculation can be the result of retrograde ejaculation.
  男性可以在没有射精的情况下达到性高潮，逆行射精的行为就会产生无射精性高潮这种状况。
• Exhumation structures are well-preserved in the UHP rocks and record extensive retrograde metamorphism.
  折返构造很好地保存在超高压变质岩石中，并且记录了广泛的退变质作用。
• Ah, it's part of the Mercury retrograde process.
  啊，这是水星逆行的一部份影响。
• Methods Cell culture, immunohistochemistry, nucleus fluorescence labeling, fluorescence retrograde labeling and enzymatic histochemistry technique were used.
  方法应用细胞培养、疫组织化学、荧光标记、光逆行追踪和酶组织化学等技术。
• Mercury retrograde periods make us hasty and you may buy something that you later regret.
  水星逆行期间，你会变得很仓促并可能买一些东西，不过过后你会后悔。
• When a urethral injury is suspected, a retrograde urethrogram should be completed before catheterization is performed.
  当怀疑有尿道损伤，在行导尿术之前，应先行逆行尿道造影。
• Mercury retrograde will have you looking back to earlier days, with happy results.
  水星逆行会让你回顾过去，并且得到好的结果。
• I will discuss Mercury later, but suffice to say, Mercury will turn retrograde on May7.
  随后我再详细讨论水星的事儿，但是可以说，水星将在五月七号逆行。