backwards

英['bækwədz] 美['bækwərdz]
  • adv. 向后;倒;往回
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星级词汇:
    adv. (副词)
    1. 向后 towards a place or position that is behind; towards the back, the beginning, or the past
    2. 倒,逆 with the back part in front
    3. 每况愈下 towards a worse state

英英释义

Adverb:
  1. at or to or toward the back or rear;

    "he moved back"
    "tripped when he stepped backward"
    "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

  2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal;

    "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"
    "the child put her jersey on backward"

1. Draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth.
将牙线在齿间来回拉动。

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2. He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards.
他把工序倒过来了,从上往下建房子。

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3. The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards.
第3波浪太大了,把我打了回去。

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4. Greater government intervention in businesses would represent a step backwards.
政府加强对企业的干涉将是一种倒退。

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5. He just released his hold and toppled slowly backwards.
他刚一松开手就缓缓向后倒下。

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    用作副词 (adv.)
    1. He looked backwards over his shoulder.
      他回头向後看.
    2. She drove the car backwards carefully.
      她小心地向后倒车。
    3. You have put your hat on backwards.
      你把帽子戴反了。
    4. The ball rolled backwards.
      球往回滚去。
    用作副词 (adv.)
    1. She looked backwards over her shoulder.
      她回头向后看。
    2. Lean backwards and let your partner catch you.
      向后仰,让你的伙伴抓住你。
    3. She stepped backwards into the pond.
      她向后退,掉进了水池。
    4. Take three steps backwards.
      向后退三步。
    5. He was coming backwards down the stairs.
      他后退着下楼梯。
    6. He took a step backwards to allow her to pass.
      他退后一步让她通过。
    7. He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion.
      爆炸力把他往后抛去。
    8. I glanced backwards over my shoulder to see if anyone was following me.
      我转头看是否有人在跟踪我。
    9. I lost my balance and fell backwards.
      我没有站稳,仰面摔倒。
    10. I walked backwards down the stairs, carrying the heaving box.
      我扛着重箱子,倒退着走下楼梯。
    11. I walked backwards towards the door.
      我退到门口。
    12. It's not easy to walk backwards.
      倒退着走路不容易。
    13. But in fact of course you're always working backwards.
      但事实上你一向是倒着做的。
    14. “Ambulance” is written backwards so you can read it in the mirror. Ambulance
      是倒着写的,以便在镜中认读。
    15. Can you say the English alphabet backwards?
      你能倒背英文字母表吗?
    16. Count backwards from ten to one.
      从10倒数到1。
    17. He began counting backwards “Ten, nine, eight...”
      他开始倒数数:“十,九,八…”。
    18. In the movie they take a journey backwards through time.
      影片中的人作逆时光旅行。
    19. Let's work backwards through all the steps to see where we went wrong.
      让我们倒推所有的步骤,看看问题出在哪里。
    20. With these new weaker pollution controls, the government seems to be moving backwards.
      出台这些更不得力的控制污染的新措施,政府似乎在倒退。
    21. It's only by looking backwards that we can understand how these rivalries developed.
      只有通过回顾过去我们才能理解这些对抗行为是怎样产生的。
    22. Twenty-eight years? Looking backwards, that takes us to the end of World War Two.
      二十八年?回想起来,那要把我们带回到第二次世界大战结束的时候了。
    23. Japan's industrial era extends backwards only a little over a hundred years.
      日本的工业时代不过才100多年的历史。
    24. Instead of progressing, we're going backwards.
      我们不但没进步,反而退步了。
    25. You've put your hat on backwards.
      你把帽子的前后戴反了。
    26. Your skirt is on backwards.
      你的裙子前后穿反了。
    27. He got the directions backwards. He drove south instead of north.
      他把方向搞反了;该朝北开车,他却朝南开了。
adv. (副词)
  1. backwards用作副词时,也可写作backward(尤其在美式英语中),意思是“向后,往后”,引申可表示“每况愈下,退步”。
  2. backwards还可作“倒,逆”解,指朝反方向运动。
adv. (副词)
backwards, back
  • 这两个词都有“向…后;在…后”之意,表示方向时可互换。其区别在于:back侧重于方向或原始位置或状态的恢复;而backwards则侧重于动作进行的方式。
  • 用作副词 (adv.)
    backwards and forwards
      〈口〉详尽;彻底in all details;thoroughly;completely
    lean〔bend〕 over backwards
      尽力(以至有点过分) make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair
    know...backwards
      对…了如指掌,熟知… know sth perfectly
    用作副词 (adv.)
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