She was not backward this time.

这一次她没有退缩。

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Look forward, not backward.

凡事向前看，别向后看。

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This change is not backward compatible.

这个变更不是向后兼容的。

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"We are finding that this is not only in the backward economy of developing countries, even though most forced labor today is indeed in the informal or the background agricultural sector of Asia, Latin America and then Africa."

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Confidence surveys are fairly coincident at best, if not backward looking.

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Business planning needs to be looking forward, not backward.

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Here at FORBES, though, the last edition of the magazine we complete before heading off for the holidays in December is one that looks forward, not backward: the 30 Under 30 issue.

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