backwardness

英 [ˈbækwədnəs]

美 [ˈbækwərdnəs]

n.  落后状况

医学

BNC.23144 / COCA.22947

牛津词典

noun

• 落后状况
  the state of having made less progress than normal

柯林斯词典

In American English,backwardis usually used as an adverb instead ofbackwards.Backwardis also sometimes used in this way in formal British English. Seebackwardsfor 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。

• ADJ 向后的，往后的（一些人亦使用backwards)
  Abackwardmovement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people usebackwardsfor this meaning.
  1. 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。
  2. He did a backward flip.
     他做了一个后空翻。
• ADJ 倒退的；不进反退的
  If someone takes abackwardstep, they do something that does not change or improve their situation, but causes them to go back a stage.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 落后的
  Abackwardcountry or society does not have modern industries and machines.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 迟钝的；学习吃力的
  Abackwardchild has difficulty in learning.
  1. ...research into teaching techniques to help backward children...
     关于帮助落后孩子的教学方法研究
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
  Synonym:retardationmental retardationslownesssubnormality

双语例句

• For them, bicycles were an unwelcome reminder of past poverty and backwardness.
  对他们来说，自行车令人生厌，让他们回忆起过去的贫穷和落后。
• To develop its economy and shake off poverty and backwardness, China must open to the outside world.
  中国要谋求发展，摆脱贫穷和落后，就必须开放。
• There was similar economic and cultural backwardness.
  经济和文化落后，这是近似的。
• These countries continue to enjoy what the economist Alexander Gerschenkron called "advantages of backwardness".
  这些国家继续享有经济学家亚历山大？格申克龙（alexandergerschenkron）所称的“后发优势”。
• China is still a developing country with a big population, weak economic foundation, uneven development, relative backwardness in science and technology, and far from complete economic and political institutions. These are our basic national conditions.
  中国仍然是一个发展中国家，人口多、底子薄、发展不平衡，科学技术相对落后，经济体制和政治体制还不完善，是我们的基本国情。
• At that time, I had a deep sense of the poverty, backwardness and feebleness of old China.
  对旧中国的贫困落后和国势衰败有着深刻感受。
• Study the Advantage of Backwardness in the North Jiangsu Province and Find Ways to Carry It into Effect;
  分析了西部地区信息资源建设的后发优势和后发劣势，探讨了加速西部信息资源建设的途径。
• We are struggling with backwardness.
  我们正在和落后现象作斗争。
• The backwardness of education in this area is, in some degree, due to lack of qualified teachers.
  这个地区教育的落后在某种程度上归咎於师资缺乏。
• We need to develop the country and shake off backwardness.
  我们面临发展和摆脱落后的任务。