directed or moving backwards
向后的,后退的
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a retrograde flow .回流。
reverting to an earlier and inferior condition
倒退的,退化的
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to go back on the progress that has been made would be a retrograde step .在已经取得的进步基础上后退,将是一种退步。
(of the order of something)reversed; inverse
(顺序)逆序的,颠倒的
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the retrograde form of these inscriptions .这些铭文的逆序书写形式。
(of amnesia)involving the period immediately preceding the causal event
(健忘症)逆行性的。
【地质】 (变质作用)逆向的。
【天文,占星】 (行星的视运动)逆行的。<Bold>PROGRADE</Bold> 的反义词。
【天文】 (行星或其卫星的轨道运行或自转)逆行的。
〈罕〉 堕落的人。
〈古〉 向后移动,后退;退回(到从前)
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our history must retrograde for the space of a few pages .我们的历史得倒退几页谈谈。
revert to an earlier and usually inferior condition
倒退,退化
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people cannot habitually trample on law and justice without retrograding toward barbarism .人们如果经常践踏法律和正义就会向野蛮状态倒退。
【天文】 出现逆行现象
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all the planets will at some time appear to retrograde .所有的行星在某些时候都会看起来在逆行。
"late Middle English (as a term in astronomy): from Latin