Backward 音标拼音: [b'ækwɚd]
ad .
a . 向后地(的),相反地(的)
向後地(的),相反地(的)
backward 反向
BKWD backward 反向
backward adv 1 :
at or to or toward the back or rear ; "
he moved back ";
"
tripped when he stepped backward "; "
she looked rearward out the window of the car " [
synonym : {
back }, {
backward },
{
backwards }, {
rearward }, {
rearwards }] [
ant : {
forrad },
{
forrard }, {
forward }, {
forwards }, {
frontward },
{
frontwards }]
2 :
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal ;
"
it '
s easy to get the `
i '
and the `
e '
backward in words like `
seize '
and `
siege '"; "
the child put her jersey on backward "
[
synonym : {
backward }, {
backwards }]
3 :
in or to or toward a past time ; "
set the clocks back an hour "; "
never look back "; "
lovers of the past looking fondly backward " [
synonym : {
back }, {
backward }] [
ant : {
ahead }, {
forward }]
adj 1 :
directed or facing toward the back or rear ; "
a backward view " [
ant : {
forward }]
2 : (
used of temperament or behavior )
marked by a retiring nature ; "
a backward lover " [
ant : {
forward }]
3 :
retarded in intellectual development [
synonym : {
backward }, {
half -
witted }, {
slow -
witted }, {
feebleminded }]
4 :
having made less than normal progress ; "
an economically backward country "
Backward \
Back "
ward \,
n .
The state behind or past . [
Obs .]
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In the dark backward and abysm of time . --
Shak .
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Backward \
Back "
ward \,
v .
t .
To keep back ;
to hinder . [
Obs .]
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Backward \
Back "
ward \,
Backwards \
Back "
wards \,
adv . [
Back ,
adv .
-
ward .]
1 .
With the back in advance or foremost ;
as ,
to ride backward .
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2 .
Toward the back ;
toward the rear ;
as ,
to throw the arms backward .
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3 .
On the back ,
or with the back downward .
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Thou wilt fall backward . --
Shak .
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4 .
Toward ,
or in ,
past time or events ;
ago .
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Some reigns backward . --
Locke .
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5 .
By way of reflection ;
reflexively . --
Sir J .
Davies .
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6 .
From a better to a worse state ,
as from honor to shame ,
from religion to sin .
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The work went backward . --
Dryden .
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7 .
In a contrary or reverse manner ,
way ,
or direction ;
contrarily ;
as ,
to read backwards .
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We might have . . .
beat them backward home . --
Shak .
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Backward \
Back "
ward \,
a .
1 .
Directed to the back or rear ;
as ,
backward glances .
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2 .
Unwilling ;
averse ;
reluctant ;
hesitating ;
loath .
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For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves . --
Pope .
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3 .
Not well advanced in learning ;
not quick of apprehension ;
dull ;
inapt ;
as ,
a backward child . "
The backward learner ."
--
South .
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4 .
Late or behindhand ;
as ,
a backward season .
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5 .
Not advanced in civilization ;
undeveloped ;
as ,
the country or region is in a backward state .
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6 .
Already past or gone ;
bygone . [
R .]
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And flies unconscious o '
er each backward year .
--
Byron .
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354 Moby Thesaurus words for "
backward ":
Micawberish ,
Olympian ,
a priori ,
a rebours ,
a reculons ,
about ,
afraid ,
aft ,
after ,
after time ,
aftermost ,
again ,
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anticlockwise ,
apathetic ,
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around ,
arrested ,
arsy -
varsy ,
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ass over elbows ,
ass -
backwards ,
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back -
flowing ,
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to -
front ,
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balking ,
balky ,
bashful ,
behind ,
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behindhand ,
belated ,
belatedly ,
benighted ,
bigoted ,
blank ,
blind ,
blithering ,
blocked ,
bottom side up ,
bottom up ,
burbling ,
capsized ,
chary ,
checked ,
chiastic ,
chilled ,
chilly ,
coarse ,
cold ,
conservative ,
constrained ,
contrarily ,
contrariwise ,
conversely ,
cool ,
counter ,
counterclockwise ,
coy ,
crackbrained ,
cracked ,
crazy ,
cretinistic ,
cretinous ,
crude ,
dallying ,
deep into ,
delayed ,
delayed -
action ,
delaying ,
demure ,
descending ,
detached ,
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die -
hard ,
diffident ,
dilatory ,
dillydallying ,
dim ,
dim -
witted ,
discreet ,
distant ,
dithering ,
down -
trending ,
downward ,
drifting ,
driveling ,
drooling ,
dull ,
dumb ,
early ,
easygoing ,
embryonic ,
everted ,
ex post facto ,
expressionless ,
far on ,
feebleminded ,
flowing ,
fluent ,
flying ,
fogyish ,
foot -
dragging ,
forbidding ,
frigid ,
fro ,
frosty ,
going ,
gone by ,
grudging ,
guarded ,
gyrational ,
gyratory ,
half -
baked ,
half -
witted ,
head over heels ,
heels over head ,
held up ,
hesitant ,
hidebound ,
hind ,
hinder ,
hindermost ,
hindhand ,
hindmost ,
hindward ,
hindwards ,
hung up ,
hyperbatic ,
icy ,
idiotic ,
ignorant ,
imbecile ,
imbecilic ,
impassive ,
impeded ,
impersonal ,
in a bind ,
in abeyance ,
in embryo ,
in ovo ,
in reverse ,
in the rough ,
inaccessible ,
indifferent ,
indisposed ,
inside out ,
into the past ,
introverted ,
invaginated ,
inversed ,
inversely ,
inverted ,
jammed ,
lackadaisical ,
laggard ,
lagging ,
late ,
latish ,
lax ,
lazy ,
lingering ,
loath ,
loitering ,
maundering ,
medieval ,
mentally defective ,
mentally deficient ,
mentally handicapped ,
mentally retarded ,
modest ,
mongoloid ,
moratory ,
moronic ,
mounting ,
narrow ,
never on time ,
none too soon ,
nonprogressive ,
not all there ,
obstructed ,
obtuse ,
offish ,
old -
fashioned ,
old -
fogyish ,
old -
line ,
opposed to change ,
outside in ,
over ,
overdue ,
oversimple ,
palindromic ,
passing ,
perfunctory ,
plunging ,
poor ,
posterior ,
posteriorly ,
postern ,
preservative ,
procrastinating ,
procrastinative ,
procrastinatory ,
progressive ,
quiet ,
reactionary ,
rear ,
rearmost ,
rearward ,
rearwards ,
reductionistic ,
reductive ,
reflex ,
reflowing ,
refluent ,
regressive ,
reluctant ,
reminiscently ,
remiss ,
remote ,
removed ,
renitent ,
repressed ,
reserved ,
restive ,
restrained ,
resupinate ,
retarded ,
reticent ,
retiring ,
retrad ,
retral ,
retroactive ,
retroactively ,
retrograde ,
retrogressive ,
retrospective ,
retrospectively ,
retroverted ,
reverse ,
reversed ,
right -
wing ,
rising ,
rotary ,
rotational ,
rotatory ,
rough ,
roughcast ,
roughhewn ,
round ,
round about ,
rude ,
rudimental ,
rudimentary ,
running ,
rushing ,
self -
effacing ,
set back ,
shrinking ,
shuffling ,
shy ,
sideward ,
simple ,
simpleminded ,
simpletonian ,
simplistic ,
since ,
sinking ,
slack ,
slobbering ,
slow ,
slow to ,
slow -
witted ,
slowed down ,
sluggish ,
soaring ,
standoff ,
standoffish ,
standpat ,
stopped ,
streaming ,
struggling ,
stunted ,
stupid ,
subdued ,
subnormal ,
suppressed ,
tail ,
tailward ,
tailwards ,
tardy ,
thickheaded ,
timid ,
to the rear ,
topsy -
turvy ,
transposed ,
turned around ,
ultraconservative ,
unaffable ,
unapproachable ,
unassertive ,
unassured ,
unblown ,
uncongenial ,
uncultivated ,
uncultured ,
uncut ,
undemonstrative ,
underdeveloped ,
undeveloped ,
uneager ,
unenlightened ,
unenthusiastic ,
unexpansive ,
unfashioned ,
unfinished ,
unformed ,
ungenial ,
unhewn ,
uninformed ,
unlabored ,
unlicked ,
unpolished ,
unprocessed ,
unprogressive ,
unpunctual ,
unready ,
unrefined ,
untimely ,
untreated ,
unwilling ,
unworked ,
unwrought ,
unzealous ,
up -
trending ,
upside down ,
upside -
down ,
upward ,
vice versa ,
widdershins ,
withdrawn ,
wrong side out ,
wrong -
way ,
wrong -
way around
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BACKWARD Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of BACKWARD is toward the back or rear How to use backward in a sentence
BACKWARD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary BACKWARD definition: 1 not advanced: 2 towards the direction that is the opposite to the one in which you are facing… Learn more
Backward or Backwards – What’s the Difference . . . - Writing Explained If you are using the word as an adjective, the choice is clear: only backward is an adjective With adverbs, though, it’s a little trickier Americans prefer backward as an adjective as well, while the British are likely to prefer backwards
BACKWARD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If someone takes a backward step, they do something that does not change or improve their situation, but causes them to go back a stage
BACKWARD Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Backward definition: toward the back or rear See examples of BACKWARD used in a sentence
Backward vs. Backwards: Whats the Difference? - Grammarly To summarize, backward is an adjective that characterizes something as reverse or regressive, whereas backwards is primarily used as an adverb to describe a motion done in reverse
Backward - definition of backward by The Free Dictionary backward - at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
How to Use Backward vs backwards Correctly - GRAMMARIST While technically backwards is interchangeable with backward, the overwhelmingly preferred spelling in the United States is backward, whether it is used as an adjective or an adverb Backwards also means the opposite way, behind, in reverse, away from the front
BACKWARD Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Recent Examples of Synonyms for backward The play transports viewers back to the 1950s but feels equally relevant in the 2020s with its themes of unrestrained political power, corporate timidity and journalistic integrity
backward adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . . Definition of backward adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more