单词 | go backward |
释义 | > as lemmasto go backward c. to go backward: to retire for a necessary purpose (hence said of the action). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > [verb (intransitive)] to do one's business1596 to pluck a rose1613 to pay a call1648 to go backward1748 go1804 to do (one's) duty1935 to wash one's hands1938 to spend a penny1945 perform1963 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xi. 80 My companion's bowels being disordered, he got up, in order to go backward. 1771 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. (ed. 4) 185 The Patient..went backward immediately. 1771 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. (ed. 4) 210 No Discharge backward. to go backward 6. In the direction of retreat. (Commonly back.) †to go backward: to recede, retreat; to relapse, backslide (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > be or become apostate [verb (intransitive)] renayc1300 to go backward1382 to fall awayc1384 to stand behindc1475 to turn (one's) tippet1546 relapse1563 backslide1581 apostate1596 apostatize1611 renegade1611 apostasize1696 renegado1731 renege1744 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adverb] > in direction of retreat backward1382 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms xl. 14 Be thei turned al bacward. c1400 Rom. Rose 5024 The joy that is eterne, Fro which go bakward Youthe her made. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. i. A They haue prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto anger, and are gone bacward. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. i. 4 Let them be driuen backward, and put to shame. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 223 The flames Drivn backward slope their pointing spires. View more context for this quotation 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus iii. i. 99 They are beaten backward from the palace. to go backward to go backward intransitive. To change for the worse, deteriorate; to decline in prosperity. Cf. to go backwards at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition afalleOE wanec1000 fallOE ebba1420 to go backward?a1425 to go down?1440 decay1483 sink?a1513 delapsea1530 reel1529 decline1530 to go backwards1562 rue1576 droop1577 ruina1600 set1607 lapse1641 to lose ground1647 to go to pigs and whistles1794 to come (also go) down in the world1819 to peg out1852 to lose hold, one's balance1877 to go under1879 toboggan1887 slip1930 to turn down1936 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 1810 (MED) Þe shrewes..þat among vs her beoþ Þat euere goþ a-bakward, and þe leng þe worse y-þeoþ.] ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 119 Þei goon bacward and wolen not amenden hem. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 147 To Ga bakwarde, retrogradi. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. gvii As longe as it doth prosper, The realme goeth backwarde never, In stabill felicite perseverynge. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 571/1 I go backwarde, I fall in dette or behynde hande. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iv. xxvi. f. 145v The hope and prowesse of the dominion of the English began much to decaye and go backeward. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 132 They..looke vpon men, and matters with an evill eie, and are best pleased when thinges goe backward. 1682 A. Behn City-heiress ii. ii. 17 Things go backward with me. 1775 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. 32 Those [Artists]..have..not only ceased to advance, and improve in their performance but have gone backward. 1816 Parl. Deb. 1st. Ser. 32 994/1 Is the process of cultivation and population in Canada to stop or to go backward? 1876 Fortn. Rev. 1 July 94 Your argument..is simply that the human kind have utterly gone backward since the statue was carved. 1932 Rotarian July 7/1 When the improvements are compared with those in the world around us, the railroad seems to have gone backward. 1998 K. K. Prah Beyond Color Line 1 By and large, Africa over the period has gone backward. < as lemmas |
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