In American English, backward is usually used as an adverb instead of backwards.Backward is also sometimes used in this way in formal British English. See backwards for these uses.
美国英语通常将backward用作副词，而不用backwards。正式的英国英语中有时也有这种用法。此类用法参见backwards。
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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，回头瞥了拉里一眼，然后就进了房间。
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He did a backward flip.
他做了一个后空翻。
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At a certain age, it's not viable for men to take a backward step into unskilled work...
到了一定的年龄，就不可能再退回去干不需要技能的工作。
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Many dentists will no longer treat National Health Service patients, which is a big backward step in this country.
许多牙医不再为依靠国民保健制度的病人看病，这是该国的一大倒退。
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We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.
我们应当为落后的祖国加快变革的脚步。
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I was astonished at the backwardness of our country at the time.
我们国家当时的落后程度让我感到震惊。
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...research into teaching techniques to help backward children...
关于帮助落后孩子的教学方法研究
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I was slow to walk and talk and my parents thought I was backward.
我学走路和说话都很慢，所以我父母以为我很迟钝。
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...her backwardness in practical and physical activities.
她在实践和体育活动方面的迟钝
- Adjective
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1. directed or facing toward the back or rear;
- "a backward view"
- antonym： forward
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2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature;
- "a backward lover"
- antonym： forward
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3. retarded in intellectual development
- synonym： feebleminded
- Adverb
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1. at or to or toward the back or rear;
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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： backwards
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3. in or to or toward a past time;
体育
- 1.转向后方
- 2.向后滑
大气科学
- 1.后倾槽
- 2.backward-tilting trough 对流层中, 高空槽线位于低空槽线之后的槽。
计算机
- 1.【修】向后，逆，倒，反向；【微软】倒推[BKWD]
- 2.向相反方向
- 1. All the actors know the play backward.
- 所有演员对剧本都熟知到可以倒背如流。
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- 2. Backward children need a special kind of schooling.
- 天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。
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- 3. Because of his long illness,Tom is backward in his studies.
- 因为汤姆长期生病，所以在学习中成绩落后。
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- 4. He did a brilliant backward somersault.
- 他翻了个漂亮的后翻跟头。
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- 5. He looked backward(s) forty years.
- 他回顾到四十年前。
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- 6. He stepped backward and fell over the cliff.
- 他向后退了一步就从悬崖上掉下去了。
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- 7. It must be a hard life, working as a nurse in a backward country.
- 在落后的国家当一名护士，生活必定是艰苦的。
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- 8. The United Nations appealed to the people of the developed countries for aiding those of the backward countries.
- 联合国呼吁发达国家的人民援助落后国家的人民。
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- 9. The backward place has changed into an industrial centre.
- 那落后的地方变成了工业中心。
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- 10. The child is backward in his studies.
- 这孩子的学习成绩属下游。
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- 11. The crops are backward this year.
- 今年的收获期较往年晚。
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- 12. The crops are early [backward] this year.
- 今年的庄稼早[晚]熟。
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- 13. The rainy season is backward this year.
- 今年雨季来得晚。
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- 14. We bent over backward to help them.
- 我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
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- 15. You have put your hat backward(s).
- 你把帽子戴倒了。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
