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单词 backwards
释义
backwardsback‧wards /ˈbækwədz $ -wərdz/ ●●● S3 (also backward /-wəd $ -wərd/ American English) adverb Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Can you say the alphabet backwards?
  • Sarah fell backwards in the snow.
  • She gently rocked the baby backwards and forwards.
  • Stepping backwards, Harry trod on the foot of the woman behind him.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He was supposed to be the leader in this assignment, but how could a man lead going backwards?
  • I felt when I came here that I was going backwards.
  • In practice, the operator jumps forwards and backwards within the pattern indicated on the chart rechecking some decisions and anticipating others.
  • Madame Arcati was springing on to tables, falling backwards off stools and dancing eccentric tangos.
  • So I push him backwards into the mountain of stinking rubbish, and he sinks down on it.
  • The wooden end caught Nogai in the face, and he pitched over backwards.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatormoving backwards
moving or looking towards a place behind you: · He looked back over his shoulder.· I stepped back to let them pass.
also backward moving back and away from the direction in which you are facing: · Sarah fell backwards in the snow.· Can you skate backward?· Stepping backwards, Harry trod on the foot of the woman behind him.backwards and forwards: · She gently rocked the baby backwards and forwards.
in the wrong order
· A cake can be ruined by adding ingredients in the wrong order.· The files were completely out of order.
in the wrong order: · The letters are all mixed up and you have to put them in the right order.· The pages were all mixed up, and I only have five minutes before the deadline.
British in the wrong order, especially when there is only one order that people expect or consider to be correct: · The printer made an error and the pages were bound the wrong way round.
also backward American starting at the end and finishing at the beginning: · Can you say the alphabet backwards?· Count backward from 10.
a situation in which there is no progress
a situation in which no further progress can be made because two groups or organizations disagree with each other about what to do, and cannot think of any way to end the disagreement: reach a stalemate/be at a stalemate: · At that point the strike appeared to have reached a stalemate.· Negotiations with the 200 army rebels are at a stalemate.end in stalemate: · It looks like the long-running dispute could end in stalemate.stalemate between: · The proposal was aimed at ending the stalemate between environmentalist and business groups.stalemate in: · the stalemate in the three-month long pay disputebreak a stalemate (=make it possible for discussions to continue): · an attempt to break a stalemate in the Middle East peace process
a situation in which no further progress can be made because two groups disagree strongly with each other and refuse to change their minds: · In the same year the issue came before Parliament, but there was complete deadlock.deadlock between: · There are hopes that an agreement can be made to break the deadlock between the White House and Congress.deadlock over: · The deadlock over the US budget had turned away some investors.end in deadlock: · Their first trial ended in deadlock when the jury could not reach an agreement.break a deadlock (=to make it possible to agree so that you can progress): · Syria and Israel broke a six-month deadlock in their talks when they sent peace envoys to Maryland.
a situation in which it is impossible to make any further progress in your work or in what you are trying to do: · My mother thought that I should be a model, but I knew that was a dead end.be/feel you are at a dead end: · At 52, Martin felt he was at a dead end professionally.come to/hit/reach etc a dead end (=stop making any progress): · The development of this drug has come to a dead end because of doubts about its safety.
formal a situation in which progress has stopped completely, especially because people cannot agree on what to do next: impasse in: · The continuing impasse in negotiations made military conflict seem likely.impasse between: · an impasse between the US and its European trading partnersimpasse over: · There seemed no way to end the impasse over the Lockerbie affair.reach an impasse/be at an impasse: · It was clear that the Soviet economy was at an impasse.· On July 25, the situation seemed to have reached an impasse.
an action or change that makes a situation worse, so that the progress that has been made is lost: a step backwards for: · Accepting the job would be a step backwards for me.· Several opposition leaders described the programme as a major step backwards for democracy.take a step backwards: · Any sort of stress such as upset in the family may cause a child to take a step backwards in behaviour.
to try very hard to help someone
to make every possible effort to be helpful or to please someone, even when this causes you difficulty or inconvenience: · I bend over backwards to help him, but I never get any thanks for it.· The school have bent over backwards to accommodate Jan's mobility difficulties.
to make a special effort to help someone, especially someone who needs help and support: · When Annie arrived, Harriman went out of his way to make life pleasant for her.· Jennifer knew what a difficult time I was having, and went out of her way to be friendly.
to make a special effort to do something you think will be useful or helpful: · Take the trouble to learn all of your students' names. They will appreciate it.· My bank manager took the trouble to write a very detailed letter answering my inquiry.· The head of department has been very helpful - he even took the trouble to show me round the premises during his lunch hour.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· He took a quick backwards glance at the house, and then continued walking.
(=an action that makes things worse)· A rationing system would be a major step backwards.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· She was dragged backwards and sideways through hedges.
· Poor Mr Macgregor turned up after having lain with a woman but almost immediately fell backwards downstairs.· The pain was searing, so that I fell backwards, and though I struggled, I could not stand up again.· Madame Arcati was springing on to tables, falling backwards off stools and dancing eccentric tangos.· Fergus woke in utter darkness, wondering where he was; he felt as though he was falling backwards for ever into darkness.· He fell backwards, already rolling as he struck the trampoline between the hulls.· Need to recover from falling backwards. 3.· As the Toyota moves forward they fall backwards.· Now, in the television ads, he cheerfully delivered some hammy lines before falling backwards into a swimming pool.
· A miracle had happened, and time had gone backwards.· Evolution had reached its peak and was going backwards.· Peter: Why did you go backwards when I was coming to you?· He was supposed to be the leader in this assignment, but how could a man lead going backwards?· I felt when I came here that I was going backwards.· Backwards Pretend you are a beginner who has inadvertently forgotten which end of the board is forwards and set sail going backwards.· He made his way to bed, going backwards up the stairs, making use of his arms and one good leg.· Blood jetted from his nostrils and Jimmy went backwards over a desk, taking a computer console with him.
· Then she leant backwards so that her back was arched across my chest.· In figure A the pelvis is pushed forward so that the man is leaning backwards.· Are you leaning backwards or forwards?
· The point of an ending is for the conclusion to look backwards, not to carry the argument backwards.· Looking at snakes, we seem to be looking backwards in time and deep into our own primal selves.· Where reductivism is forward-looking, retributivism looks backwards in time, to the offence.· In this brief look backwards, history has an easy task.· He looked backwards expecting to see the rear gunner running up the fuselage to report that his gun had jammed.· There is a massive sub-culture there, looking backwards and it's getting more insidious all the time.· By definition they do not look backwards at the kinds of demographic transformations with which various societies have already coped.
· At any time, we are either learning and developing or moving backwards.· To get a good purchase, I knelt on the melamine top, moving backwards as I was cutting.· The second assumption is that the stream can not move backwards on itself, that is, reverse its direction or join itself.· When hovering, the same input will make the model start to move backwards.· The locus of failure thereafter moves backwards into the cylinder.· We can then move backwards or forwards in time.· Their friend Otto Korn, the physicist, had shown that particles move backwards in time.· Unless a company is progressing the whole time, it is, in fact, moving backwards.
· Their bodies collided and, momentarily winded, she rocked backwards.· Belinda stopped in front of them, still drinking her orange juice and rocking backwards and forwards on her heels.
· Some might argue that it was running backwards.· The same device, run backwards, reacts hydrogen and oxygen together to make water and generate electrical power.· And to cap it all off, when she was tied-up she couldn't run backwards, so she lay down instead!· To solve this problem, the synapses are run backwards so you can tell how strongly that particular synapse is connected.· It just seems to me that the film is running backwards.· For a start, the clock runs backwards from 45 minutes to zero.
· A flailing chimera of camera crews, photographers and reporters staggers backwards down some city high street.· Suddenly Dad uttered a sharp cry and staggered backwards, slumping against the wall.· The captain staggered backwards, tripped over the dropped gun and fell on to the sidewalk.· With a gasp Chantal staggered backwards, reaching for the chair back to steady herself.· Her blow connected, and Ma Katz staggered backwards, blade scraping the flower-pattern wallpaper.· The fist's owner became visible, staggering backwards, clutching the wounded article and uttering cuss words.· Gunfire rattled against his pectoral shields, and he staggered backwards from the blast.· The recoil was unexpected and he staggered backwards as Cardiff reached him, not knowing whether he had hit it or not.
· The figure stepped backwards into the darkness.· Startled, Bunny stepped backwards, dragging Meredith with him.· Oh, the disgusted look on women's faces as they step backwards through a doorway, out of the rain.· Anne stepped backwards, the train rocking under her feet, making her unsteady.· Time is like stepping backwards you said tonight, the future's always dark.· To step backwards into the limbo of the last five years.· We step backwards towards the car.
· She stumbled backwards and I darted out of the way as she fell over.· The old man wobbled and stumbled backwards, wagging his head as if he were trying to shake something out of it.· A cook from the kitchens took one in the eye and stumbled backwards with his hands pressed to his temples.· Yukio's face erupting before her, stumbling backwards, a pressure on her elbow.· The grass blades tore, but their initial resistance sent him stumbling backwards.· In panic she stumbled backwards, twisted round and tried to run into the living room.· He stumbled backwards and struck a bed screen that crashed to the floor, bringing him with it.· As Seawitch rolled heavily Polly's foot slipped on the wet deck and she stumbled backwards, pulling Nathan with her.
· She tried to blink the red mist from her eyes, failed, and toppled backwards out of the image field.
· They tumbled backwards together in a happy heap.· Marcus was doubled over and I saw the woman tumbling backwards.· Cora-Beth's foot had slipped between two of the bales and she had tumbled backwards, dragging Harry down on top of her.
· Then he walked backwards, scraping the gravel with the side of his boot.· An open-band smash that sent her walking backwards to the stove.· There were girls who couldn't walk backwards.· She made them walk backwards and forwards, and then trot.· To wait for her would be like walking backwards.· Why am I walking backwards into the house?· He actually found it easier to walk backwards.· Both victims then walk backwards into view.
· The presence of a particular motive can only be inferred by working backwards from the behaviour itself.· You can then work backwards to positions that are not relevant.· He had tried starting in the middle and working backwards.· Instead, work backwards from the end of the field, using a minus sign.· Recession, therefore, has the unfortunate and cumulative effect of working backwards.· As before, the essential trick is working backwards and writing forwards.· You can then treat the timber by spraying or brushing on two generous coats, working backwards towards the loft hatch.· And, once again. you will see that you have had to work backwards.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► know something backwards► know something backwards and forwards
  • He started shaking it backwards and forwards.
  • It didn't exactly touch my hand, but sort of glided over it, wrinkling backwards and forwards.
  • Keith throws his right shoulder backwards and forwards, hoping the pads will somehow slide into place.
  • Pike's head quite often pulses backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.
  • The cross is meant to be imagined as oscillating backwards and forwards.
  • The irregular echo of footsteps passed backwards and forwards along the corridor outside.
  • Then we noticed that the Pike head was sort of pulsing backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.
  • They do not want to waste their time going backwards and forwards to the general practitioner's surgery.
  • Outside the trees are bending over backwards to please the wind: the shining sword grass flattens on its belly.
  • Stuart was leaning over backwards to see Oliver's point of view.
  • 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.
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
1in the direction that is behind you OPP  forwards:  Hannah took a step backward. She pushed me and I fell backwards into the chair.2towards the beginning or the past OPP  forwards:  Count backwards from 100.3with the back part in front:  Your T-shirt is on backwards.4towards a worse state OPP  forwards:  The new measures are seen by some as a major step backwards.5backwards and forwards first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, usually many times:  Kip stumbled backwards and forwards before falling down.6bend/lean over backwards (to do something) to try as hard as possible to help or please someone:  City officials bent over backwards to help downtown businesses.7know something backwards British English, know something backwards and forwards American English to know something very well or perfectly:  She practiced her part until she knew it backwards and forwards.
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