retrograde

英 [ˈretrəɡreɪd]

美 [ˈretrəɡreɪd]

adj.  倒退的; 退化的; 退步的
vi.  逆行; 倒退; 退步使倒退倒退地; 向后地

复数：retrogrades　现在分词：retrograding　过去式：retrograded　第三人称单数：retrogrades　过去分词：retrograded　

TOEFL

BNC.17000 / COCA.34237

牛津词典

adj.

• 倒退的；退化的；退步的
  making a situation worse or returning to how sth was in the past
  1. The closure of the factory is a retrograde step .
     工厂的关闭是一大退步。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 倒退的;后退的;退化的
  Aretrogradeaction is one that you think makes a situation worse rather than better.
  1. The Prime Minister described transferring education to central government funding as 'a retrograde step'.
     首相称将教育投入转由中央政府拨款是“一种倒退”。

英英释义

verb

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition
  Synonym:regressretrogress
• go back over
  1. retrograde arguments
  Synonym:rehashhash over
• move back
  1. The glacier retrogrades
  Synonym:retreat
• move in a direction contrary to the usual one
  1. retrograding planets
• move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

adj

• of amnesia
• moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
  Synonym:retral
• moving from east to west on the celestial sphere
• going from better to worse
  Synonym:retrogressive

双语例句

• Saturn is not due to retrograde again in2009.
  感谢上帝，土星在09年内不会再次逆行了。
• A product purchased when Mercury is retrograde will not fulfill the promise you thought it would.
  总之，当水星逆行时，你所买的东西都没有你想象中的好。
• The incidence of postoperative retrograde infection of biliary tract in the two groups was compared.
  比较两组术后胆道逆行性感染的发生率。
• When a urethral injury is suspected, a retrograde urethrogram should be completed before catheterization is performed.
  当怀疑有尿道损伤，在行导尿术之前，应先行逆行尿道造影。
• When Mercury is retrograde, people from your past are lucky for you.
  当水星逆行，从你过去的人都算你走运。
• Mesenchymal stem cells; Intervertebral disc; Retrograde degeneration.
  间质干细胞；椎间盘；逆行变性。
• Exhumation structures are well-preserved in the UHP rocks and record extensive retrograde metamorphism.
  折返构造很好地保存在超高压变质岩石中，并且记录了广泛的退变质作用。
• The Mercury Retrograde has created an interesting energy for the Taurus.
  逆行的水星创造了一份有趣的力量给金牛座。
• To evaluate the value of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ( ERCP) in treating complications of post-biliary operation.
  目的：评价经内镜逆行胰胆管造影（ERCP）对成人先天性胆管囊肿诊断和治疗的价值。
• Part of the problem will be that Mercury will be retrograde throughout September.
  水星将在整个九月逆行，这会导致问题的发生。