Backward
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adj. 向后的;反向的;怯生生的;落后的;
adv. 向后地;相反地;回溯地;
?? 詞根助記
back后邊+ward向... →向后的
?? 例句
Our society is going backward.
我們的社會在倒退。
Because of his long illness, he is backward in his studies.
因為長時間生病，他功課落后了。
She looked backward over her shoulder.
她回頭往后看。
Frank was so backward that he hesitated to ask her to dance.
弗蘭克非常靦腆,不好意思請她跳舞。
All you have accomplished, honourable teacher, for my backward daughter!
尊敬的老師，小女淺陋無知，承蒙您教誨有方！
?? 聯想助記
【串】八戒動作awkward(笨拙的),打仗總愛backward(向后的),山頂跑回downward(向下的),唐僧竟給reward(獎賞),悟空痛是inward(內心的)
【記】back-后面的,ward-朝…方向:朝后面的方向即向后
? 同義詞
?? 詞根
-ward表示“方向的”
?? 牛津釋義
backward
adj
1 directed towards the back or the starting point 向後的; 向原出發點的
a backward glance, somersault 向後一瞥、翻一個筋斗.
2 having made or making less than normal progress 落後的; 後進的
a very backward part of the country, with no proper roads and no electricity 這個國家中極其落後的地區, 既沒有像樣的公路也沒有電力供應
John was rather backward as a child; he was nearly three before he could walk. , .
3 [pred 作表語]
~ (in sth) shy; reluctant; hesitant 害羞; 怯生生; 遲疑
Sheila is very clever but rather backward in expressing her ideas. 希拉很聰明, 然而在表達思想時卻有些靦腆. Cf 參看 forward.
?? 考研助記
back(后)+ward(朝...方向):朝后面的方向即 向后
?? 擴展釋義
*['b?kw?d]ad. 向后地, 相反地a. 向后的, 相反的【計】 倒推相關詞組: to spell backward
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Just to London.
只開到倫敦。
That sounds interesting. That was a hundred years ago, wasn't it?
聽起來很有意思。那是一百年前的事了，不是嗎？
How about that?
怎么樣？