backwards
(also backward), adv
1 away from one's front; towards the back 向後
He looked backwards over his shoulder. 他回頭向後看.
2 with the back or the end first 倒著; 顛倒
It's not easy to run backwards. 倒著跑不容易.
The word `star' is `rats' backwards. star這個字是倒著拼的 rats.
3 toward a worse or a previous state 回到更壞的或先前的狀況
Let's take a journey backwards through time, ie imagine we are going back to an earlier period in history. 讓我們作一次逆著時間的旅行(想像我們回到過去的歷史時期里).
Instead of making progress, my work actually seems to be going backwards. 我的工作不但沒有進步, 實際上像是在倒退. =>Usage at forward2 用法見 forward2.
4 (idm 習語) ,backward(s) and `forward(s) first in one direction and then in the other 來回地
travelling backwards and forwards between London and the south coast 往返於倫敦和南海岸之間
[attrib 作定語]
a backward and forward movement 往復運動. bend/lean over `backwards (to do sth) (infml 口) make a great effort 努力; 竭力
Although we bent over backwards to please her, our new manager was still very critical of our work. 盡管我們竭力討好新經理, 但她仍然對我們的工作百般挑剔. know sth backwards => know.
?? 擴展釋義
*['b?kw?dz]ad. 向后相關詞組: backwards and forwards to know something backwards