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retrogradation

/re-troh-grey-dey-shuhn/US // ˌrɛ troʊ greɪˈdeɪ ʃən //

补课,补发,补修,补货

Related Words

backsliding倒退,倒退的人,倒退的情况,退退退退lapse失误,失效,误时,过失regression回归,回落,回退relapse复发,复发情况,復发,复发问题retrogression倒退,退步,逆行,倒退的情况atavism祖传,祖传性,祖传佛教,祖传的东西reverting回归,恢复原状,逆转,回归的throwback回顾,抛出,抛物线,回溯

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : backward movement.
    • : decline or deterioration.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounreversion
Synonyms
atavism祖传,祖传性,祖传佛教,祖传的东西backsliding倒退,倒退的人,倒退的情况,退退退退lapse失误,失效,误时,过失regression回归,回落,回退relapse复发,复发情况,復发,复发问题retrogression倒退,退步,逆行,倒退的情况throwback回顾,抛出,抛物线,回溯

Examples

  • Low temperatures congeal everything the dough has absorbed and accelerate the staling process, or retrogradation.

  • A glance at each successive pair of dates will quickly disclose the periodical retrogradation of the eclipse epochs.

  • Frightful retrogradation of human nature, all the more hideous that it contrasted with the elegance of the costume!

  • In truth, however, the retrogradation was much slighter than appeared on the surface.

  • The arc of retrogradation is the angular distance thus apparently traversed.

  • But the advantages are all outward; if there be any inward change, it is apparently retrogradation, not advancement.

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