| 词汇 | throwback |
| 释义 | throwback noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˈθrəʊ.bæk/ us /ˈθroʊ.bæk/ a person or thing that is similar to an earlier type: 返祖者；类似先前种类的东西 He's an unappealing throwback to the days of 80s City slickers.他一点没有吸引力，活脱脱像是一个80年代的城里老油子。 In some ways the new applet technology was a throwback to the old pre-PC days.在某些方面，新的小应用程序技术类似以前个人电脑出现前的技术。 Things remaining (and) all the restidiom balance bastion be leftphrase cremains cutpiece deposit ground redoubt relic remainder remains remnant residual rest time capsule to the dregs unallocated unconsumed uneaten throwback | American Dictionarythrowback noun[ C ] us/ˈθroʊˌbæk/ something that is like a thing from an earlier time: This year’s styles are throwbacks to the fashions of the 1940s. Examples of throwbackthrowback Or they may be just a throwback to the old days when every phone number began with a real word, called an exchange. It is the acts of barbarity, a throwback from the past; it is the violence that we have lived with for so long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a throwback to the neoclassical economics idea that macro-economics is merely micro-economics writ large. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a throwback to the 1960s and it deserves the support of no one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not it about time that we got rid of that throwback to medieval times? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my view, the attitude is a throwback to the era of obsessive secrecy which should be over. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a throwback that should be thrown back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that that is a throwback to the pensions business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps we were listening to a throwback to that a few moments ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The placeman is a throwback to the 19th century. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dispute is also a throwback in another way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps it is a throwback to the era of shortages during and immediately after the war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For instance, throwbacks to primeval types are often created. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His approach and that of his party is a throwback to his party's policies of more than 50 years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is suffering from a throwback to the depressing, deflationary days when his party were in power, and when there was an insufficiency of enterprise. 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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