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Backwards Adv Move Direction 例:He Opposite Phrase Forwards

单词 backwards
音标
英[ˈbækwədz] 美[ˈbækwərdz]
解释
adj.向后的;倒行的;返回的;落后的;adv.向后;往后;倒;逆;
例句

ADV
向后;朝后
If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
例:The diver flipped over backwards into the water...潜水员向后翻身入水。
例:He took two steps backward...他后退了两步。

ADV
倒转地;逆向地;相反地
If you do something backwards, you do it in the opposite way to the usual way.
例:He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards.他把工序倒过来了,从上往下建房子。

ADV
倒退地;后退地;退步地
You use backwards to indicate that something changes or develops in a way that is not an improvement, but is a return to old ideas or methods.
例:Greater government intervention in businesses would represent a step backwards.政府加强对企业的干涉将是一种倒退。
例:...the blaming that keeps us looking backward.迫使我们时时后顾的责难

PHRASE
来来回回;往复
If someone or something moves backwards and forwards, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
例:Draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth.将牙线在齿间来回拉动。
例:...people travelling backwards and forwards to and from London.往返于伦敦的人

PHRASE
熟知,对…了如指掌(美国英语中作know something backward and forward)
In British English, if you say that someone knows something backwards, you are emphasizing that they know it very well. In American English, you say that someone knows something backward and forward .
例:I asked about one or two things that interest me and she really did know it all backwards.我问了一两样我感兴趣的东西,她的确都了如指掌。
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