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

• 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。
• Japanese Agriculture based on its poverty, backwardness and small-scale peasant economy has been rapidly developing in a short period of time.
  日本农业在贫穷落后的小农经济基础上短时间内，走出了一条快速的农业发展道路。
• We are struggling with backwardness.
  我们正在和落后现象作斗争。
• She is now experiencing earth-shaking changes in a shift from Medieval extreme backwardness to modernization.
  她正经历着从极端落后的中世纪状况逐步走向现代化的天翻地覆的变化。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you think of backwardness, you fell behind.
  如果你想到落后，你就落后了。
• 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 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。