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Retard 英[Rɪˈtɑ:D 美[Rɪˈtɑrd Vt.使减速,妨碍,阻止,推迟;Vi.减慢,受到阻滞;N.减速,阻滞,延迟 Verb 延迟;减缓;妨碍 Process Development

单词 retard
音标
英[rɪˈtɑ:d] 美[rɪˈtɑrd]
解释
vt.使减速,妨碍,阻止,推迟;vi.减慢,受到阻滞;n.减速,阻滞,延迟;
例句

VERB
延迟;减缓;妨碍
If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly.
例: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。

N-COUNT
笨蛋;傻子
If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially.
例: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?
变形
noun:retardation~third:retards~done:retarded~ing:retarding~past:retarded~

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