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

• In spite of its backwardness, it's a place of peace and quiet.
  它虽然落后了点，但是个宁静而平和的地方。
• The Central Committee points out that this is a great revolution in which China's economic and technological backwardness will be overcome and the dictatorship of the proletariat further consolidated.
  中央指出：这是一场根本改变我国经济和技术落后面貌，进一步巩固无产阶级专政的伟大革命。
• The basic cause of Russian backwardness lies in its peasants.
  俄国落后的根本原因就是农民因素。
• We must recognize our backwardness, because only such recognition offers hope.
  要承认落后，承认落后就有希望了。
• In recent years, Cambodia has already realized that foreign capital is important for economy development of backwardness state, formulated and consummated foreign investments laws.
  近年来，柬埔寨已经意识到引进外资对落后国家经济发展的重要性，制定和完善了一批外国投资法律。
• In the course of the20th century, we Asian people waged unyielding struggles to win national independence and liberation, get rid of poverty and backwardness and bring about development and prosperity, scoring remarkable achievements step.
  在二十世纪的百的历程中，亚洲人民为争取国家和民族解放，为摆脱贫穷落后，实现发展繁荣，进行了不屈不挠的斗争，取得了举世瞩目的成就。
• This general line of the starting point is to change as soon as possible the economic and cultural backwardness of our country, but the neglect of the objective laws of economic development.
  这条总路线的出发点是要尽快地改变我国经济文化落后的状况，但是忽视了经济发展的客观规律。
• The South wants to shake off its poverty and backwardness, and the North needs a developed South.
  南方要改变贫困和落后，北方也需要南方发展。
• One feature of the history of old Russia was the continual defeats she suffered because of her backwardness.
  旧俄罗斯历史的一个特点就是它的落后使它不断吃败仗。
• We must thoroughly overcome our backwardness.
  必须根本改变我们这里的落后面貌。