单词 | retrograde |
释义 | retrograderetrograde /ˈrɛtrəˌgreɪd/ adjective formal 1involving a return to an earlier and worse situation SYN backward: retrograde racial politics The closure of the factories is seen as a retrograde step.2technical moving backward SYN backward: Venus’s rotation is retrograde. [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin retrogradus, from gradi to go] |
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