英语词汇“to look backward”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive. To turn and look behind one, or in the direction from which one has travelled; = to look back 2 at Phrasal verbs 1.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look back

to look againwardc1225

to look backwardc1405

to look backwardsc1429

to look again?c1430

to look back1533

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 764 She looketh bakward to the londe.

1491 Mirk's Festialis (Caxton) sig. i. vii^v The kynge that is in the myddell for grete ioye of the sterre he loked bacwarde to his felowe behynde hym and with his finger shewed him the sterre.

1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre ii. v. sig. Gii Whan Xanthus..loked backeward, Melanthus stept in, and slewe hym at one stroke.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre Ep. Ded. sig. *3^v To have such a crick in his neck that he cannot look backward.

1777 C. Reeve Champion of Virtue 39 Looking backward he saw his friend.., and hallowed to him.

1831 J. F. Cooper Bravo II. vi. 185 The little interruption caused Don Camillo to look backward.

1857 Harper's Mag. Dec. 5 As the maiden through the alleys, looking backward as she flies, woos the fond pursuer onward with the love-light in her eyes.

1907 J. London in Everybody's Mag. Jan. 109/1 Over these [hills] we climbed, looking backward at the forest, which had become a sea of flame.

1986 H. Wixom Elk & Elk Hunting xi. 158/1 Of particular worth is memorizing the scene as you will see it on your return—turn around and look backward.

2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 June b12 After looking backward at the modest gap they had gained from the key group of riders, Nibali swiftly rode past Horner.

2. intransitive. To call to mind or recollect a past event; to reflect upon the past; = to look back 1a at Phrasal verbs 1. Also: to evoke, pay homage to, or draw inspiration from something in the past; cf. to look back to at Phrasal verbs 1.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > look back, retrospect [verb (intransitive)]

to look backward?c1450

to look back1529

to look backwards1598

recoila1616

retrospect1664

run1692

revert1820

reverie1832

to think back (on or to)1901

to job backwards1907

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 71 (MED) They that be confession are clensed and repented..shulde not loke bakwarde ayenne to do synne.

a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) 406 Let us..not look backward but go on forth.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie i. ii. 21 Let not then the vaine shadowes of the Worlds fatall decay keepe vse ither from looking backward to the imitation of our noble Predecessors, or forward in providing for posterity.

1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xix. 249 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) The Passage of Time is wonderfully quick, and a Man must look Backward to see it.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame i, in Wks. (1757) I. 84 Men should press forward in fame's glorious chace; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 48 People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

1825 London Mag. Dec. 437 I look backward, and still I look backward, and I attempt to recollect what I have been doing—how those years passed.

1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance ix. 91 My past life has been a tiresome one enough; yet I would rather look backward ten times than forward once.

1900 H. L. Keeler Our Native Trees 48 Spindle-tree is a name brought over seas and looks backward to a time when spinning and weaving were done at home.

1977 Chicago Tribune Mag. 2 Oct. 49/1 Those of us who have attained ‘three score years and ten’ more often now look backward with nostalgia, remembering the years when we were younger.

2012 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 12 Dec. 7/4 The real problem with capital punishment is that it looks backward rather than forward.

单词	to look backward
释义	> as lemmas to look backward to look backward 1. intransitive. To turn and look behind one, or in the direction from which one has travelled; = to look back 2 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look back to look againwardc1225 to look backwardc1405 to look backwardsc1429 to look again?c1430 to look back1533 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 764 She looketh bakward to the londe. 1491 Mirk's Festialis (Caxton) sig. i. vii^v The kynge that is in the myddell for grete ioye of the sterre he loked bacwarde to his felowe behynde hym and with his finger shewed him the sterre. 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre ii. v. sig. Gii Whan Xanthus..loked backeward, Melanthus stept in, and slewe hym at one stroke. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre Ep. Ded. sig. 3^v To have such a crick in his neck that he cannot look backward. 1777 C. Reeve Champion of Virtue* 39 Looking backward he saw his friend.., and hallowed to him. 1831 J. F. Cooper Bravo II. vi. 185 The little interruption caused Don Camillo to look backward. 1857 Harper's Mag. Dec. 5 As the maiden through the alleys, looking backward as she flies, woos the fond pursuer onward with the love-light in her eyes. 1907 J. London in Everybody's Mag. Jan. 109/1 Over these [hills] we climbed, looking backward at the forest, which had become a sea of flame. 1986 H. Wixom Elk & Elk Hunting xi. 158/1 Of particular worth is memorizing the scene as you will see it on your return—turn around and look backward. 2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 June b12 After looking backward at the modest gap they had gained from the key group of riders, Nibali swiftly rode past Horner. 2. intransitive. To call to mind or recollect a past event; to reflect upon the past; = to look back 1a at Phrasal verbs 1. Also: to evoke, pay homage to, or draw inspiration from something in the past; cf. to look back to at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > look back, retrospect [verb (intransitive)] to look backward?c1450 to look back1529 to look backwards1598 recoila1616 retrospect1664 run1692 revert1820 reverie1832 to think back (on or to)1901 to job backwards1907 ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 71 (MED) They that be confession are clensed and repented..shulde not loke bakwarde ayenne to do synne. a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) 406 Let us..not look backward but go on forth. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie i. ii. 21 Let not then the vaine shadowes of the Worlds fatall decay keepe vse ither from looking backward to the imitation of our noble Predecessors, or forward in providing for posterity. 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xix. 249 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) The Passage of Time is wonderfully quick, and a Man must look Backward to see it. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame i, in Wks. (1757) I. 84 Men should press forward in fame's glorious chace; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 48 People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. View more context for this quotation 1825 London Mag. Dec. 437 I look backward, and still I look backward, and I attempt to recollect what I have been doing—how those years passed. 1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance ix. 91 My past life has been a tiresome one enough; yet I would rather look backward ten times than forward once. 1900 H. L. Keeler Our Native Trees 48 Spindle-tree is a name brought over seas and looks backward to a time when spinning and weaving were done at home. 1977 Chicago Tribune Mag. 2 Oct. 49/1 Those of us who have attained ‘three score years and ten’ more often now look backward with nostalgia, remembering the years when we were younger. 2012 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 12 Dec. 7/4 The real problem with capital punishment is that it looks backward rather than forward. extracted from lookv. < as lemmas
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