| 单词 | to go backwards |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go backwards to go backwards intransitive. = to go backward 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 1562 tr. J. Jewel Apol. Church Eng. f. 24 Euill men there goe forewardes, good men go backwards [L. deficiunt]. 1615 W. Smith Hector of Germany sig. Ev All things goe Backwards, that should bode vs good. 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 120 Landed Men..accommodating their Expences to their Income, keep themselves from going backwards in the World. 1712 N. Spinckes Sick Man Visited 146 I doubt he goes backwards in the World. 1795 Tribune 30 May 261 Even the mind..is observed to go backwards again towards decay. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. iii. 97 The upshot was, people paid their debts better; ay, ay! we'n gone backwards, and we thinken we'n gone forrards. 1889 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. Oct. 639 The question has been asked..whether the country has morally improved or gone backwards since the days of Washington. 1916 Domest. Engin. 28 Oct. 113/1 You have got to either bring your work up to a higher quality standard..or go backwards. 1995 P. Saunders Capitalism ii. 35 Many of them [sc. European colonies] have failed to make much economic progress since they became independent states, and some seem to have gone backwards. < as lemmas |
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