Backwards
[ 'bækwədz ]
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adj. 向后的;倒行的;返回的;落后的;
adv. 向后;往后;倒;逆;
📝 例句
I lost my balance and fell backwards.
我没有站稳，仰面摔倒。
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
backwards
(also backward), adv
1 away from one's front; towards the back 向後
He looked backwards over his shoulder. 他回头向後看.
2 with the back or the end first 倒著; 颠倒
It's not easy to run backwards. 倒著跑不容易.
The word `star' is `rats' backwards. star这个字是倒著拼的 rats.
3 toward a worse or a previous state 回到更坏的或先前的状况
Let's take a journey backwards through time, ie imagine we are going back to an earlier period in history. 让我们作一次逆著时间的旅行（想像我们回到过去的历史时期里）.
Instead of making progress, my work actually seems to be going backwards. 我的工作不但没有进步, 实际上像是在倒退. =>Usage at forward2 用法见 forward2.
4 (idm 习语) ,backward(s) and `forward(s) first in one direction and then in the other 来回地
travelling backwards and forwards between London and the south coast 往返於伦敦和南海岸之间
[attrib 作定语]
a backward and forward movement 往复运动. bend/lean over `backwards (to do sth) (infml 口) make a great effort 努力; 竭力
Although we bent over backwards to please her, our new manager was still very critical of our work. 尽管我们竭力讨好新经理, 但她仍然对我们的工作百般挑剔. know sth backwards => know.
🔁 扩展释义
*['bækwәdz]ad. 向后相关词组: backwards and forwards to know something backwards
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It's still a little over two hours, Harry.
仍然还有两个多小时， Harry。
Experience is the best teacher.
经验是良师。
A run-down watch is still a watch and can be rewound.
手表停了依然是只手表，还可以重上好发条。