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retrogression

/re-truh-gresh-uhn/US // ˌrɛ trəˈgrɛʃ ən //

倒退,退步,逆行,倒退的情况

Related Words

recession衰退期,衰退,不景气,经济衰退regression回归,回落,回退retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒throwback回顾,抛出,抛物线,回溯decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减declination偏角,倾角,偏角仪,偏转角decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性retroaction回溯行动,回归行动,追溯行动,回溯性行动

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
    • : Biology. degeneration; retrograde metamorphosis; passing from a more complex to a simpler structure.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounregression
Synonyms
recession衰退期,衰退,不景气,经济衰退regression回归,回落,回退retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒throwback回顾,抛出,抛物线,回溯retroaction回溯行动,回归行动,追溯行动,回溯性行动
noundeterioration
Synonyms
decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减declination偏角,倾角,偏角仪,偏转角decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性

Examples

  • Indeed, there is good reason to fear that we will see retrogression in third-generation Hispanic immigrants.

  • Is the progress that seems attainable in certain directions worth the retrogression that may be its price?

  • Ingres could not paint flesh, and in this respect he is indicative of an enormous retrogression as compared with Prudhon.

  • Retrogression, reapproach to a standpoint to which the race has been long habituated in the past, is easier.

  • But I apprehend that retrogression can only occur where the environment of a living species is altered to its detriment.

  • In all other essential respects save one, the decade was a period of retrogression for New York City.

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