late 14c., originally of the apparent motions of planets, from Latin retrogradus "going back, going backward," from retrogradi "move backward," from retro- "backward" (see retro-) + gradi "to go, step" (see grade (n.)). General sense of "tending to revert" is recorded from 1530s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The closure of the factory is a retrograde step .
工廠的關(guān)閉是一大退步。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The Prime Minister described transferring education to central government funding as "a retrograde step".
首相稱將教育投入轉(zhuǎn)由中央政府撥款是“一種倒退”。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Infection can spread retrograde down a drain from the exterior.
感染能從外界經(jīng)引流管逆行播散.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. The motion of the particle is retrograde.
質(zhì)點(diǎn)運(yùn)動(dòng)是衰減的.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. This retrograde conduction does not always take place.