词汇 | retrogressing |
释义 | retrogressing present participle ofretrogress retrogress verb[ I ] formaluk /ˌret.rəˈɡres/ us /ˈret.rə.ɡres/ to return to an older and worse state倒退;衰退;恶化 Deteriorating and making worse add admin aggravate backslide be downhillidiom debase deteriorate deterioration devaluation disintegrate dog one step forward, two steps backidiom regress regression regressive regressively vulgarize wear thinidiom worse worsen Related wordsretrogression retrogressive Examples of retrogressingretrogressing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Beyond this point we are retrogressing towards a good life, not progressing towards it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But instead of making progress in those fields we are retrogressing and, so long as that is the position, it is the measure of our failure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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