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

• 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”。
• 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。
• We are struggling with backwardness.
  我们正在和落后现象作斗争。
• 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。
• Eastern exploitation of the advantages of backwardness, a recurring theme, suggests another reversal in the 21st century.
  东方对后发优势这是一个反复出现的主题的利用，意味着21世纪将再次出现逆转。
• One example is the tendency to regard the tudung as a symbol of repression and backwardness by non-muslims.
  例如，非回教徒倾向于把披头巾看成是被压迫和落后的象征。
• We need to develop the country and shake off backwardness.
  我们面临发展和摆脱落后的任务。
• Humiliating situation for this reason, the western capitalist powers on the one hand, China's aggression, on the other hand, the backwardness of China's social system.
  造成这种屈辱局面的原因，一方面是西方资本主义列强对中国的侵略，另一方面是中国社会制度的落后。
• China, on the other hand, was just emerging from backwardness.
  而另一方面，中国刚刚从落后中崛起。
• 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。