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词汇 retrograde
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retrograde

adjective
/ˈretrəɡreɪd/
/ˈretrəɡreɪd/
(formal, disapproving)
  1. (of an action行为) making a situation worse or returning to how something was in the past倒退的;退化的;退步的
    • The closure of the factory is a retrograde step.工厂的关闭是一大退步。
    Collocations DictionaryRetrograde is used with these nouns:
    • step
    词源late Middle English (as a term in astronomy): from Latin retrogradus, from retro ‘backwards’ + gradus ‘step’ (from gradi ‘to walk’).
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