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backwards

英  [ˈbækwədz]
    

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    ADV. 副词
  • 1向后

    If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.

    双语例句

    例:

    The diver flipped over backwards into the water.

    跳水运动员向后翻转跳入水中。

    例:

    He took two steps backwards.

    他往后退了两步。

    2倒着地 , 相反地

    If you do something backwards, you do it in the opposite way to the usual way.

    双语例句

    例:

    He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards.

    他倒着干活,从上往下盖房子。

    3倒退地

    You use backwards to indicate that something changes or develops in a way that is not an improvement, but is a return to old ideas or methods.

    双语例句

    例:

    This country is going backwards.

    这个国家正在倒退。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • backwards and forwards

    1来回地

    If someone or something moves backwards and forwards, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.

    双语例句

    例:

    Using a gentle, sawing motion, draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth.

    用轻柔的拉锯的动作把牙线在齿间来回拉动。

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