单词 | backward |
释义 | adverb | adjective backwardbackward1 /ˈbækwɚd/ ●●● S3 W2 (also backwards) adverb 1in the direction that is behind you OPP forward: Hannah took a step backward. I moved slowly backwards.2toward a time in the past OPP forward: There’s no point in looking backward.3toward a worse state OPP forward: It feels like the country is moving backward. The new law is seen by some as a major step backwards.4starting from the end and going toward the beginning OPP forward: He can say the alphabet backwards. If you spell “madam” backward it’s the same.5with the back part in front: Your T-shirt is on backward.6backward and forward first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, usually many times: The trees blew backward and forward in the wind.7bend/lean over backward (to do something) to try as hard as possible to help or please someone: Officials bent over backward to help downtown businesses. adverb | adjective backwardbackward2 ●●○ adjective 1 [only before noun] made in a direction toward what is behind you: a backward glance2developing slowly and less successfully than most others SYN undeveloped OPP advanced: an economically backward region The people there are a little bit backward.—backwardly adverb—backwardness noun [uncountable] |
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