Backward Thinking is a method of reproduction of the source text and realization of the maximal equivalence between the source text and target text.

逆向思维是再现原文，实现原文与译文最大限度等值的手段之一。

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Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness.

按照这样的思维下去，如果没有鲸鱼油，世界将会倒退回黑暗时代。

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Mercury will slide backward in Libra, the sign that rules your solar third house of communication, perception, judgments, and thinking, the very area of life that Mercury rules.

水星会滑回天秤座，掌管你的关于交流，直觉，判断和思考的第三宫，水星所控制的关于你人生的特定位置。

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To suggest Wall Street deserves an exemption due to its role in the economy is backward thinking.

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So some might be forgiven for thinking they were taking a backward step bringing their hour-long show, entitled Chase the Dream, Not The Competition, to Edinburgh's Udderbelly, which holds just 410 people.

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"To use a term that includes the word 'boy' to describe a state of independence and free-thinking for women seems kind of backward, " Spinelli said.

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