retards

英 [rɪˈtɑːdz]

美 [rɪˈtɑːrdz]

v.  阻碍; 减缓; 使放慢速度
retard的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /rɪ'tɑːd/. The noun is pronounced /'riːtɑːd/. 动词读作/rɪ'tɑːd/。名词读作/'riːtɑːd/。


• VERB 延迟;减缓;妨碍
  If somethingretardsa process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly.
  1. Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.
     持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关系到国家未来的谈判的进行。
• N-COUNT 笨蛋;傻子
  If you describe someone as aretard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially.
  1. What the hell do I want with an emotional retard?
     和一个感情用事的傻瓜在一起，我究竟是图什么？

双语例句

• Insulator: Substance that Blocks or retards the flow of electric current or heat.
  绝缘体：能阻止或延缓电流或热量流动的物质。
• Spin ( usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion.
  延缓（球的）向前运动或使其向后退的旋转。
• Cold retards the growth of plants.
  寒冷的气候延缓了农作物的生长。
• A substance that retards or stops an activity.
  减少或抑制活性的物质。
• The strength and density of debris retards or prevents coarse particles from sinking.
  这种高强度和高密度的岩屑会妨碍或阻止粗颗粒下沉。
• A striking exception is probucol, which retards atherosclerosis in carotid arteries and restenosis of coronary arteries after angioplasty.
  但普罗布考是一个例外，它能够延缓冠状动脉血管成形术后再狭窄和颈动脉内粥样硬化的进展。
• Though recrystallization may refine austenite grain, it depletes large quantities of defects in austenite grains, which will retards the phase transformation process.
  再结晶虽然可能细化了晶粒，但大量消耗了热变形奥氏体中的晶体缺陷，其结果是迟滞了相变过程。
• Lack of sun retards plant growth.
  光照不足则植物生长缓慢。
• Lack of education retards progress.
  缺乏教育会阻碍进步。
• An agent that prevents or retards the clotting of blood.
  用来预防或延缓血液凝结的物品。