| 单词 | retarded |
| 释义 | retarded (once / 2563 pages) adjn Retarded is a word to describe someone who is mentally slow. This is a medical word that spread to slang, and is today considered very insulting and inappropriate. Some uses of retarded are harmless, like if you said wearing a backpack retarded or slowed down your progress on a hike. However, if you use retarded to mean stupid, you're on dangerous ground. Out of respect for people who have clinical mental retardation, this is considered an offensive term to throw around. WORD FAMILYretarded: retardedly+/retard: retardation, retarded, retarding, retards/retardation: retardations USAGE EXAMPLESThe court ruled in 2002 that executing the “mentally retarded” violated the Constitution. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) Raised on Canada's Prince Edward Island, at the age of six she says she was diagnosed as "mentally retarded". BBC(Nov 02, 2016) Another said: “Jane you are a retarded and should disembowel yourself with a spoon.” Washington Post(Oct 19, 2016) 1adj relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded Syn|Ant stupid, unintelligent lacking intelligence backward, feebleminded, half-witted, slow-wittedretarded in intellectual development idiotic, imbecile, imbecilichaving a mental age of three to seven years moronichaving a mental age of between eight and twelve years cretinousafflicted with cretinism delayednot as far along as normal in development dim-witted, simple, simple-mindedlacking mental capacity and subtlety precocious characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) intelligenthaving the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree advancedfarther along in physical or mental development 2n people collectively who are mentally retarded he started a school for the retarded Syn|Hyper developmentally challenged, mentally retarded people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
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