| 单词 | backward-looking |
| 释义 | ˌbackward-ˈlooking adjective using the methods and ideas of the past rather than modern ones – used to show disapproval 方法落后的，思想过时的〔含贬义〕 OPP forward-looking Darwin transformed a backward-looking organisation into a respected art school. 达尔文把一个保守落后的机构变成了一所有名望的艺术学校。Examples from the Corpusbackward-looking• In 1890 all foreign ministries had been, to varying extents, tradition-bound and backward-looking.• The whole scene represented by these extensive remains is determinedly backward-looking and insular.• Some of its politicians were backward-looking in that their major objectives were to remedy inter-war problems.• Even if Maastricht is ratified intact, the past four months have made it seem backward-looking, or even irrelevant.• The titles of many of the talks seem curiously backward-looking, particularly compared with the straight forward approach of the Berlin programme.• This gives intentional explanations a forward-looking quality which contrasts with the backward-looking quality of empirical explanations.• But this is backward-looking stuff from another era.• The later Victorian undertakers were arguably the most backward-looking tradesmen of their day.ˌbackward-ˈlooking adjectiveChineseSyllable and of the the methods Corpus using ideas past |
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