retard

英 [rɪˈtɑːd , ˈriːtɑːd]

美 [rɪˈtɑːrd , ˈriːtɑːrd]

v.  阻碍; 减缓; 使放慢速度
n.  迟钝的人; 弱智

现在分词：retarding　第三人称单数：retards　过去分词：retarded　过去式：retarded　

CET6TOEFLGRETEM8

BNC.22219 / COCA.17082

牛津词典

verb

• 阻碍；减缓；使放慢速度
  to make the development or progress of sth slower
  1. The progression of the disease can be retarded by early surgery.
     早期手术可以抑制病情的发展。

noun

• 迟钝的人；弱智
  an offensive way of describing sb who is not intelligent or who has not developed normally

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？

英英释义

noun

• a person of subnormal intelligence
  Synonym:idiotimbecilecretinmoronchangelinghalf-wit

verb

• cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
  1. This drug will retard your heart rate
• lose velocity
  1. The car decelerated
  Synonym:decelerateslowslow downslow up
• slow the growth or development of
  1. The brain damage will retard the child's language development
  Synonym:checkdelay
• be delayed

双语例句

• Lack of sunlight will retard the growth of most plants.
  缺乏阳光会妨碍大多数植物的生长。
• He might see that retard.
  他肯定是看到那个傻子了。
• Writing may retard the process of language change under certain conditions.
  在某些情况下，文字可能延缓语言的变化。
• I called you a retard, and I took it back.
  我叫你小傻瓜了，我收回。
• Allowing foreign investment tends to promote sectoral growth, not retard it.
  允许外国投资进入往往会推动（而非阻碍）行业增长。
• All agencies that provoke change and all that retard it can be discribed as'good'or'bad'respectively.
  一切促进变化和一切妨碍变化的力量都可以分别称为“好”的或“坏”的。
• That unpleasant news might retard his recovery.
  那个坏消息可能妨碍他的复元。
• Sometimes, just putting your finger on a clock trace adds enough parasitic capacitance to retard the clock edges.
  有时候，只是将手指放在时钟轨迹上，加上足够的寄生电容来延迟时钟沿。
• Why's he acts like a retard?
  他为什么像一个迟钝的人？
• Understand the forces in your organization that drive and retard change.
  理解你的组织中有哪些阻碍变革的力量。