backward
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈbæk.wəd]
- 美式音标 [ˈbæk.wɚd]
- 国际音标 ['bækwəd]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 向后的;倒退的;(人)智力迟钝的;落后的;(场地位置)线后的
- adv. 向后地;往回地;回溯(过去);每况愈下地;前后反过来(等于 backwards)
- n. 后面(或过去)的部分
- n. (Backward) (美、俄)巴克克华尔德(人名)
词根记忆
- back(后面的) + ward(方向)→向后的
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- back:后面的;过去的;拖欠的。
- backed:有背的;有财力支持的。
- backless:无背的;无靠背的;无后盾的。
- backmost:最后面的。
- adv性质的同根词
- back:以前;向后地;来回地;上溯。
- backwards:倒;向后;逆。
- n性质的同根词
- back:后面;背部;靠背;足球等的后卫;书报等的末尾。
- backing:支持;后退;支持者;衬背。
- backwardness:落后;迟疑;畏缩;腼腆。
- v性质的同根词
- backing:支持(back的ing形式)。
- backed:支持;使后退(back的过去分词)。
- vi性质的同根词
- back:后退;背靠;倒退。
- vt性质的同根词
- back:支持;后退;背书;下赌注。
用法辨析
- backward用作形容词的基本意思是“向后的;朝后的;倒退的;反向的”,引申可表示“(季节)晚了;慢手慢脚的;落后的;迟钝的;迟疑的,羞怯的,畏缩的”。
- backward作“向后的;朝后的”解时只用在名词前作定语;作“倒退的;反向的”“(季节)晚了;慢手慢脚的;落后的;迟钝的”解时可作表语或定语;作“迟疑的,羞怯的,畏缩的”解时通常只作表语。
- backward后面接介词in表示“在某方面落后”。
- backward作“落后的;迟钝的”“羞怯的,畏缩的”解时可用于比较等级,作其他各解时不用于比较等级。
- 在美式英语中backward可作副词。
adj. (形容词)
英汉例句
- She gave me a backward glance.
她回头看了我一眼。 - We are sorry to tell you that your son is backward.
我们很抱歉告诉你,你的儿子智力迟钝。 - He was backward at his lessons.
他功课差。 - He has been backward to begin his canvass.
他迟迟不开始游说。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
S+be+~+to- v
词组短语
- backward area 落后地区
- backward child 迟钝的孩子
- backward country 经济落后国家
- backward district 落后地区
- backward glance 向后一看
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
英英字典
- (NOT INTELLIGENT/MODERN) not advanced
- (OPPOSITE DIRECTION) towards the direction that is the opposite to the one in which you are facing
- → backwards
- A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing.
- If someone takes a backward step or a step backward, they do something that does not change or improve their situation, but causes them to go back a stage.
- A backward country or society does not have modern industries and machines.
- A backward child has difficulty in learning.
- If you move or look backward, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
- If you do something backward, you do it in the opposite way to the usual way.
- You use backward to indicate that something changes or develops in a way that is not an improvement, but is a return to old ideas or methods.
- If someone or something moves backward and forward, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
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专业释义
- 反向
- 反向
- 反向
- 向后