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retrograde

adjective
🔊/ˈretrəɡreɪd/
🔊/ˈretrəɡreɪd/
(formal, disapproving)
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  1. (of an action行为) making a situation worse or returning to how something was in the past倒退的；退化的；退步的
    • The closure of the factory is a retrograde step.工厂的关闭是一大退步。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRetrograde is used with these nouns:
    • step
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as a term in astronomy): from Latin retrogradus, from retro ‘backwards’ + gradus ‘step’ (from gradi ‘to walk’).