backwardsback•wards /'bækwədz/ 亦作 backward 美

adv

1. 往回；向原处

• flow backwards 流回

2. 朝反方向；倒，逆

• count backwards from thirty to twenty 从30往回数到20

• You've put on your hat backwards. 你把帽子戴反了。

3. 每况愈下地

• The living conditions in some countries are going backwards. 有些国家的生活条件越来越差。

词组backwards and forwards 来回地；反复地

• walk backwards and forwards 来回走动

bend (或lean over) backwards (to do sth) 竭尽全力

• We leaned over backwards to help them. 我们尽全力帮助他们。

know sth. backwards 英 know sth. backwards and forwards 美 熟谙某事，可倒背如流