backward /ˈbækwəd/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. 向后的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry.

  他打开2号公寓的门锁，向后瞥了拉里一眼之后走进去就不见了。

• 2. 

  ADJ 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. 退步的

  例：

  The current U.S. farm bill, however, is a big step backward.

  然而，目前的美国农业法却倒退了一大步。

• 3. 

  ADJ A backward country or society does not have modern industries and machines. 落后的

  例：

  We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.

  我们需要在我们这个落后的国家加快变革的步伐。。

• 4. 

  ADJ A backward child has difficulty in learning. (后进的) 学习 [侮辱]

  例：

  ...research into teaching techniques to help backward children.

  …对帮助后进生的教学技巧的研究。

• 5. 

  ADV If you move or look backward, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing. 向后 [ADV after v]

  例：

  The diver flipped over backward into the water.

  跳水运动员向后翻转跳入水中。

  例：

  He took two steps backward.

  他往后退了两步。

• 6. 

  ADV If you do something backward, you do it in the opposite way to the usual way. 倒着地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  He works backward, building a house from the top downward.

  他倒着干活，从上往下盖房子。

• 7. 

  ADV 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. 倒退地

  例：

  This country is going backward.

  这个国家正在倒退。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If someone or something moves backward and forward, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction. 来回地

  例：

  Using a gentle, sawing motion, draw the floss backward and forward between the teeth.

  用轻柔的拉锯的动作把牙线在牙齿间来回拉动。