【backward】 - AEAS备考词汇

backward

UK:  ['bækwə(r)d]

US:  ['bækwərd]

n.

1.转向后方

2.策应者

adj.

1.向后;倒的

2.向后方的,向后的

3.落后的,晚的;迟缓的,慢的;进步慢的

4.反向的

5.后边的

6.倒的;反的,相反的

7.逆向的

8.倒行的

9.逆方向的

10.愚钝的;畏缩的,迟疑的,怕羞的

adv.

1.向后,在后,在后方;倒,逆;回向原处

2.向后滑

3.反向地

1 . When he crawled on the rug, he crawled backward, as if he were in reverse and couldn't change gears.
当他在小地毯上爬时，他倒着爬，好像他被弄反了，又转不过来。

2 . The little girl had begun to get antsy facing backward, and it was clear to her mother that it was time.
这个可爱的小姑娘就开始焦躁的面向后面，现在确实是让她的妈妈清楚的时候了。

3 . The upper arm angles backward from the point of the shoulder to the elbow and is never perpendicular to the ground.
上臂从肩部到手肘的线条向后延伸，不会跟地面呈垂直。

4 . I trail with perfectly placed backward steps, looking at the world after Hattie has passed it, which makes it a little friendlier somehow.
我倒退脚步跟行自如，打量着海蒂路过的世界，她的经过不知怎么使它变得友好些了。

5 . In response to a threat from the front, the fly moves its middle legs forward, leans back and raises its back legs for a backward takeoff.
在对前方威胁的反应中，苍蝇向前移动中腿，后倾，并且抬起其后腿实现向后起飞。