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retard vt.妨碍；迟延；拖住vi.受到延迟n.阻止；迟延；减速 (1) 寒冷的天气妨碍了庄稼生长。(2) 缺乏科学和教育会妨碍社会进步。(3) 他们还用它来防治日光灼伤，以及延缓衰老过程。(4) 大雨使我们推迟了七十分钟才到达。(5) 他说个不停，以拖延时间。(6) 后续部队受到令人难以忍受的阻碍。 This word should be used with a lot of caution. Calling someone who's mentally retarded — or of low intelligence — a retard is considered very offensive by many people. That use should be avoided. On the other hand, this is a harmless word when used as a verb. While skiing, a heavy, bulky jacket could retard your progress down the mountain. Keeping a plant out of sunlight would retard its growth. When you see retard, think slow and "Use with caution."

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英 ['riːtɑːd] 美 ['riːtɑːrd] (1) Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.(2) Lack of science and education retards social progress.(3) They also used it for sunburns and to retard the aging process.(4) The heavy rain retarded our arrival by seventy minutes.(5) He keeps saying so as to retard the time.(6) The rearward regiments are in painful retard. To retard something is to slow it down. A lack of fresh fruit and vegetables can retard the growth of a young child. The verb is pronounced /rɪ'tɑːd/. The noun is pronounced /'riːtɑːd/. 动词读作/rɪ'tɑːd/。名词读作/'riːtɑːd/。1[VERB 动词]延迟；减缓；妨碍 If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关系到国家未来的谈判的进行。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]笨蛋；傻子 If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially.   [disapproval]  [INFORMAL 非正式]  [OFFENSIVE 冒犯]What the hell do I want with an emotional retard?和一个感情用事的傻瓜在一起，我究竟是图什么？

英语单词	retard
英美音标	英 ['riːtɑːd] 美 ['riːtɑːrd]
中文释义	vt.妨碍；迟延；拖住 vi.受到延迟 n.阻止；迟延；减速
英语例句	(1) Cold weather retards the growth of the crops. (2) Lack of science and education retards social progress. (3) They also used it for sunburns and to retard the aging process. (4) The heavy rain retarded our arrival by seventy minutes. (5) He keeps saying so as to retard the time. (6) The rearward regiments are in painful retard.
中文例句	(1) 寒冷的天气妨碍了庄稼生长。 (2) 缺乏科学和教育会妨碍社会进步。 (3) 他们还用它来防治日光灼伤，以及延缓衰老过程。 (4) 大雨使我们推迟了七十分钟才到达。 (5) 他说个不停，以拖延时间。 (6) 后续部队受到令人难以忍受的阻碍。
vocabulary简明	To retard something is to slow it down. A lack of fresh fruit and vegetables can retard the growth of a young child.
vocabulary扩展	This word should be used with a lot of caution. Calling someone who's mentally retarded — or of low intelligence — a retard is considered very offensive by many people. That use should be avoided. On the other hand, this is a harmless word when used as a verb. While skiing, a heavy, bulky jacket could retard your progress down the mountain. Keeping a plant out of sunlight would retard its growth. When you see retard, think slow and "Use with caution."
柯林斯解释	The verb is pronounced /rɪ'tɑːd/. The noun is pronounced /'riːtɑːd/. 动词读作/rɪ'tɑːd/。名词读作/'riːtɑːd/。 1 [VERB 动词]延迟；减缓；妨碍 If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future. 持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关系到国家未来的谈判的进行。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]笨蛋；傻子 If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially. [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式] [OFFENSIVE 冒犯] What the hell do I want with an emotional retard? 和一个感情用事的傻瓜在一起，我究竟是图什么？

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