backward
US: /ˈbækwɝd/
UK: /bˈækwəd/
UK: /bˈækwəd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
backward /'bækwəd/
- tính từ
- về phía sau, giật lùi
- chậm tiến, lạc hậu
- a backward country: nước lạc hậu
- a backward child: đứa trẻ chậm tiêu
- muộn, chậm trễ
- a backward harvest: mùa gặt muộn
- ngần ngại
- to backward in doing something: ngần ngại làm việc gì
- phó từ
- về phía sau, lùi
- to look backward: nhìn về phía sau; nhìn về quá khứ
- to walk backward: đi lùi
- his work is going backward: công việc của hắn ta thụt lùi không tiến lên được
- ngược
- to stroke the cat backward: vuốt ngược lông con mèo
- về phía sau, lùi
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 [only before noun] directed or moving towards the back: She strode past him without a backward glance.
2 moving in a direction that means that no progress is being made
Synonym: RETROGRADE
She felt that going back to live in her home town would be a backward step.
3 having made less progress than normal; developing slowly: a backward part of the country, with no paved roads and no electricity + a backward child + (BrE, spoken) She's not backward in coming forward (= she's not shy).
Compare: FORWARD
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 bashful, shy, reticent, diffident, retiring, coy, timid, unwilling, loath, chary, reluctant, averse:
She took him to be a bit backward when he didn't respond to her smile.
2 slow, dim-witted, dull, stupid, slow-witted, dumb, feeble-minded, Colloq Brit gormless, dim:
Some of the more backward students will need extra help.
3 slow, late, behindhand, retarded:
Millie seemed a bit backward in learning to walk.
4 rearward; to the rear, behind; to the past:
She gave him a backward glance. He went on through life with never a backward look.
5 retrograde, retrogressive, reverse, regressive:
The ancients were unable to account for the apparently backward motion of the planets.
adv.
6 backwards:
Walk backward to the door with your hands up.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem
ADV.
very | rather, somewhat
a rather backward child
| economically, educationally
Concise English dictionary
'bækwəd
adj.
+directed or facing toward the back or rear
+(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
+retarded in intellectual development
adv.
+at or to or toward the back or rear
+in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
+in or to or toward a past time
