英语释义
1. toward the back or rear
She glanced backward over her shoulder.
2. with the back foremost
Take three steps backward.
3. in a reverse or contrary direction or way
Count backward from 10.
4. toward the past
a journey backward in time
5. toward a worse state
His new job felt like a step backward.
6. to make extreme efforts (as at concession)
He said he would bend over backward to make the deal.
7. directed or turned toward the back
a backward glance
8. done or executed backward
a backward somersault
9. diffident, shy
I have been backward to begin my canvass.
— Edmund Burke
10. retarded in development
a technologically backward village
11. the part behind or past
… the dark backward … of time …
— Shakespeare
12. toward the back to or toward what is behind
13. opposite to the usual way in reverse
14. toward the past
15. directed or turned toward the back
16. done backward
17. behind others not as advanced as others in learning or development
18. toward the back
look backward
19. with the back first
ride backward
20. opposite to the usual way
count backward
21. turned toward the back He wears a backward baseball cap.
22. done backward
a backward flip
23. not as advanced in learning and development as others
Perhaps the strange language made him appear more backward than he really was …
— Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped