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🔑 back·wardBrE /ˈbækwəd/NAmE /ˈbækwərd/ adjective🔑 [only before noun] directed or moving towards the back 向后的；朝后的◆She strode past him without a backward glance. 她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。🔑 moving in a direction that means that no progress is being made 倒退的；反向的 SYN retrograde ◆She felt that going back to live in her home town would be a backward step. 她觉得回到家乡生活就是没出息。having made less progress than normal; developing slowly 落后的；进步缓慢的◆a backward part of the country, with no paved roads and no electricity 该国的一个落后地区，没有铺设马路也没有电力◆a backward child 迟钝儿童◆(BrE, informal) She's not backward in coming forward (= she's not shy). 她勇敢地站出来。 ➡ compare forward adjective 🔑 back·wardBrE /ˈbækwəd/NAmE /ˈbækwərd/ adverb(NAmE) = backwards |