| 单词 | retrogressively |
| 释义 | > as lemmasretroˈgressively retroˈgressively adv. ΚΠ 1763 Dispute S. Carolina 21 The existence of the representatives of the people..would depend on the preceding election-act, or acts..and so if these also were repealed, retrogressively upon the next. 1855 in Notes & Queries (1985) Sept. 354/1 The series of successive representations may be taken retrogressively as well as progressively. 1894 Philos. Trans. 1893 (Royal Soc.) B. 184 143 In Bagarius we again meet with an example of the effects of degeneration in retrogressively modifying the structure of the air-bladder. 2005 Jrnl. Volcanol. & Geothermal Res. 139 250/1 Some of the major failures..occurred retrogressively, a style not considered in the single-event planar failures described above. < as lemmas |
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