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词汇 example_english_backward-glance
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backward glance

collocation in English

meanings of backwardand glance


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backward
adjective
uk /ˈbæk.wəd/ us /ˈbæk.wɚd/
not ...
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glance
noun[C]
uk /ɡlɑːns/ us /ɡlæns/
a quick ...
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Examples of backward glance


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I think that a backwardglance can lead to no other conclusion.
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In that respect we should take at least a slight backwardglance at the departure of selective employment tax and purchase tax.
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When a motor-cyclist has on a helmet, which he is legally obliged to wear, the helmet obstructs his backwardglance.
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It would be churlish to bring so long and colourful a chapter to a close without an appreciative backwardglance.
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I had assumed that the film industry would be abandoned without a backwardglance.
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Changing circumstances make that backwardglance less and less appropriate to the current climate.
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My constituents have walked away from that industry without a backwardglance.
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It wanted to reorganise its efforts somewhere else in the country and, without a backwardglance, pulled out and left those 750 people high and dry.
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That is a very interesting backwardglance.
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Most of the men took the opportunity that was offered by the scheme to say goodbye to the industry, and they did so without a backwardglance.
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Crabwalk might also imply a more abstract backwardglance at history, in order to allow a people to move forward.
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Backward glances are shown through rear view mirror techniques and distorted reflections off a champagne bowl question the reason and nature of what might be obvious.
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