backward

1. ADJ A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. 向后的[ADJ n]

He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry. 他打开2号公寓的门锁，向后瞥了拉里一眼之后走进去就不见了。

2. ADJ If someone takes a backward step or a step backward, they do something that does not change or improve their situation, but causes them to go back a stage. 退步的

The current U.S. farm bill, however, is a big step backward. 然而，目前的美国农业法却倒退了一大步。

3. ADJ A backward country or society does not have modern industries and machines. 落后的

We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country. 我们需要在我们这个落后的国家加快变革的步伐。。

4. ADJ A backward child has difficulty in learning. (后进的) 学习[侮辱]

...research into teaching techniques to help backward children. …对帮助后进生的教学技巧的研究。

5. ADV If you move or look backward, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing. 向后[ADV after v]

The diver flipped over backward into the water. 跳水运动员向后翻转跳入水中。

He took two steps backward. 他往后退了两步。

6. ADV If you do something backward, you do it in the opposite way to the usual way. 倒着地[ADV after v]

He works backward, building a house from the top downward. 他倒着干活，从上往下盖房子。

7. ADV You use backward to indicate that something changes or develops in a way that is not an improvement, but is a return to old ideas or methods. 倒退地

This country is going backward. 这个国家正在倒退。

8. PHRASE If someone or something moves backward and forward, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction. 来回地

Using a gentle, sawing motion, draw the floss backward and forward between the teeth. 用轻柔的拉锯的动作把牙线在牙齿间来回拉动。