retard TEM8 ( retarding, retarded, retards )

• 1. 

  V-T If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly. 阻碍; 减缓 [正式]

  例：

  Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.

  持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关于国家未来的谈判的进行。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially. 笨蛋; 傻子 [非正式，侮辱]