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单词 backward
释义
backwardback‧ward /ˈbækwəd $ -wərd/ ●●○ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a backward look
  • It's one of the more backward countries.
  • The people there are a little bit backward.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But instances like the Primitives get rarer and already one feels ashamed for indulging such backward passions.
  • For instance, stomach muscles propel the motion on forward and backward rolls.
  • If our political economy remains backward, our intellectual economy has leaped ahead.
  • New policies on developing the backward western provinces and improving health, education and social welfare are stressed.
  • That backward path is the foundation of Western, linear logic.
  • That will have been the aim and meaning of his entire backward quest.
  • Was it universally backward or were there variations between different sectors and branches of industry?
  • With barely a backward glance, I was on my way to freedom.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· He took a quick backwards glance at the house, and then continued walking.
· waves caused by the forward movement of the boat
(=an action that makes things worse)· A rationing system would be a major step backwards.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· The gap between the linguistic creativity of even the most intelligent ape and even the most backward of human beings is immense.· It is made up, for the most part, of the most backward reactionaries.
NOUN
· Second, there was the isolated position of the Soviet Union in trying to establish socialism in a backward country.· Very backward countries, where life had not changed for centuries, were suddenly brought into contact with highly developed civilizations.· In 1970 the Sandhurst-educated Sultan Qaboos bin Said decided that the situation in his backward country was intolerably dangerous.
· Then he, too, turned and without a backward glance went out into the passage, slamming the door.· U-turning, he drove off in the direction of the distant city, without so much as another backward glance.· I took my cue to go, and left without a backward glance or wave.· He allowed himself one backward glance towards the estate, then turned his heels to the task of flight.· She started toward the door, but cast a backward glance as she went.· He walks without a backward glance.· With barely a backward glance, I was on my way to freedom.
· He walked away down the corridor, without so much as a backward look, and tears stung her eyes.· We passed with never a backward look and arrived in Al Ain in well under three hours.· She left the track without a backward look, intent on hiding in the hotel suite until Ace returned to rescue her.
· It was the first, all the time, in the cubicle, the lavatory, that Parker took a backward step.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Outside the trees are bending over backwards to please the wind: the shining sword grass flattens on its belly.
  • The authors, however, bend over backwards to avoid consideration of that particular class scenario.
  • The Gallery is also bending over backwards to boost attendance, and in doing so is rather alarmingly bowing to populist pressures.
  • They also needed to stop rationalizing the problem to themselves and bending over backwards to be fair.
  • You should bend over backwards to avoid bitter personal rows and the holding of grudges.
look as if you’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards
1[only before noun] looking or facing in the direction that is behind you OPP  forward:  She went without a backward glance.2developing slowly and less successfully than most others:  a backward country a backward childbackwardness noun [uncountable]
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