backwards
adverb /ˈbækwədz/
/ˈbækwərdz/
(also backward especially in North American English)
Idioms - towards a place or position that is behind
向后 - I lost my balance and fell backwards.
我没有站稳，仰面摔倒。 - He took a step backwards.
他退后一步。 - I stumbled backwards and fell.
我向后跌了一跤。
- I lost my balance and fell backwards.
- in the opposite direction to the usual one
朝反方向；倒着 - ‘Ambulance’ is written backwards so you can read it in the mirror.
ambulance 是倒着写的，以便在镜中认读。 - In the movie they take a journey backwards through time.
影片中的人作逆时光旅行。 - ‘Evil’ spelled backwards is ‘live’.
向后拼写的“邪恶”是“活的”。 - I felt as though time had stopped and clocks had gone backwards.
我觉得时间仿佛停止了，时钟仿佛倒退了。
- ‘Ambulance’ is written backwards so you can read it in the mirror.
- towards a worse state
每况愈下地 - I felt that going to live with my parents would be a step backwards.
我觉得回去和我父母一同生活会更糟。
- I felt that going to live with my parents would be a step backwards.
- (North American English) (British English back to front)if you put on a piece of clothing backwards, you make a mistake and put the back where the front should be
（衣服）前后颠倒（或前后穿反）
Idioms
backward(s) and forward(s)
- from one place or position to another and back again many times
来来回回 - She rocked backwards and forwards on her chair.
她坐在摇椅上前后摇晃着。 - The film skips backwards and forwards through time.
这部电影在时间中前后跳跃。
- She rocked backwards and forwards on her chair.
bend/lean over backwards (to do something)
- to make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair
尽力；竭力 - I've bent over backwards to help him.
我已尽最大努力帮助他。
- I've bent over backwards to help him.
know somebody/something backwards
- (especially British English, informal) to know somebody/something extremely well
对…了如指掌（或倒背如流）；把…背得滚瓜烂熟 - She must know the play backwards by now.
她现在对这个剧本肯定是倒背如流。
- She must know the play backwards by now.