| 英语单词 | retardation |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌriːtɑː'deɪʃn] 美 [ˌriːtɑː'deɪʃn] |
| 中文释义 | n.智力迟钝;阻滞 |
| 英语例句 | (1) A score below 70 may indicate mental retardation. (2) The rearward regiments are in painful retard. (3) Many factors can lead to growth retardation in unborn babies. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 如果分数低于70可能表明智力迟钝。 (2) 后续部队受到令人难以忍受的阻碍。 (3) 许多因素可以导致胎儿发育迟缓。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Retardation is often used to describe problems in human mental development that result in a lack of intelligence or other kinds of physical or learning delays. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Retardation can also indicate when something is kept from growing or developing fully. A lack of sunlight might cause retardation of your tomato plants, for example, stunting their growth. You can use retardation to describe other kinds of slowness or delays too, including simply a decrease in speed. In fact, the Latin root word, retardare, means "to make slow, delay, keep back, or hinder." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]延迟;减缓;落后;迟缓 Retardation is the process of making something happen or develop more slowly, or the fact of being less well developed than other people or things of the same kind. [usu supp N] [FORMAL 正式]
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