/rɪˈgres/
1
- no obj. return to a former or less developed state退回; 倒退, 退化：
they would not regress to pre-technological tribalism.
他们不愿退回技术时代前的部落制。
1.1
- return mentally to a former stage of life or a supposed previous life, especially through hypnosis or mental illness（尤指因催眠或精神疾患）回到从前, 回归：
no obj. she claims to be able to regress to the Roman era她自称能回到罗马时代
with obj. I regressed Sylvia to early childhood.我让西尔维亚回归至童年。
2
- with obj. Statistics calculate the coefficient or coefficients of regression of (a variable) against or on another variable【统计】回归。
3
- no obj. Astronomy move in a retrograde direction【天文】退行。
/ˈriːgres/
mass noun
1
- the action of returning to a former or less developed state退回; 倒退, 退化。
2
- Philosophy a series of statements in which a logical procedure is continually reapplied to its own result without approaching a useful conclusion (e.g. defining something in terms of itself)【哲】倒溯论证, 后退式论证。
词源
late Middle English (as a noun)： from Latin regressus, from regredi 'go back, return', from re- 'back' + gradi 'walk'.