backwardness

英 [ˈbækwədnəs]

美 [ˈbækwərdnəs]

n.  落后状况

医学

BNC.23144 / COCA.22947

牛津词典

noun

• 落后状况
  the state of having made less progress than normal

柯林斯词典

In American English,backwardis usually used as an adverb instead ofbackwards.Backwardis also sometimes used in this way in formal British English. Seebackwardsfor these uses.
美国英语通常将backward用作副词，而不用backwards。正式的英国英语中有时也有这种用法。此类用法参见backwards。

• ADJ 向后的，往后的（一些人亦使用backwards)
  Abackwardmovement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people usebackwardsfor this meaning.
  1. He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry...
     他打开2号公寓的门，回头瞥了拉里一眼，然后就进了房间。
  2. He did a backward flip.
     他做了一个后空翻。
• ADJ 倒退的；不进反退的
  If someone takes abackwardstep, they do something that does not change or improve their situation, but causes them to go back a stage.
  1. At a certain age, it's not viable for men to take a backward step into unskilled work...
     到了一定的年龄，就不可能再退回去干不需要技能的工作。
  2. Many dentists will no longer treat National Health Service patients, which is a big backward step in this country.
     许多牙医不再为依靠国民保健制度的病人看病，这是该国的一大倒退。
• ADJ-GRADED 落后的
  Abackwardcountry or society does not have modern industries and machines.
  1. We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.
     我们应当为落后的祖国加快变革的脚步。
• ADJ-GRADED 迟钝的；学习吃力的
  Abackwardchild has difficulty in learning.
  1. ...research into teaching techniques to help backward children...
     关于帮助落后孩子的教学方法研究
  2. I was slow to walk and talk and my parents thought I was backward.
     我学走路和说话都很慢，所以我父母以为我很迟钝。

英英释义

noun

• lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
  Synonym:retardationmental retardationslownesssubnormality

双语例句

• The Central Committee points out that this is a great revolution in which China's economic and technological backwardness will be overcome and the dictatorship of the proletariat further consolidated.
  中央指出：这是一场根本改变我国经济和技术落后面貌，进一步巩固无产阶级专政的伟大革命。
• China, on the other hand, was just emerging from backwardness.
  而另一方面，中国刚刚从落后中崛起。
• In recent years, Cambodia has already realized that foreign capital is important for economy development of backwardness state, formulated and consummated foreign investments laws.
  近年来，柬埔寨已经意识到引进外资对落后国家经济发展的重要性，制定和完善了一批外国投资法律。
• For them, bicycles were an unwelcome reminder of past poverty and backwardness.
  对他们来说，自行车令人生厌，让他们回忆起过去的贫穷和落后。
• Humiliating situation for this reason, the western capitalist powers on the one hand, China's aggression, on the other hand, the backwardness of China's social system.
  造成这种屈辱局面的原因，一方面是西方资本主义列强对中国的侵略，另一方面是中国社会制度的落后。
• Seclusion and exclusion can only lead to stagnation and backwardness.
  封闭、排他只会导致僵化和落后。
• This case exposes the backwardness of copyright legislation for the folklore protection in China.
  此案暴露了我国民间文学私权保护制度的立法滞后性。
• We must thoroughly overcome our backwardness.
  必须根本改变我们这里的落后面貌。
• We need to develop the country and shake off backwardness.
  我们面临发展和摆脱落后的任务。
• These countries continue to enjoy what the economist Alexander Gerschenkron called "advantages of backwardness".
  这些国家继续享有经济学家亚历山大？格申克龙（alexandergerschenkron）所称的“后发优势”。