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单词 retrogress
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Definition of retrogress in English:

retrogress

verb ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈɡrɛsˌrɛtrəˈɡrɛs
[no object]
  • Go back to an earlier state, typically a worse one.

    倒退,退化,衰退,恶化

    she retrogressed to the starting point of her rehabilitation

    她的病情倒退到恢复初期时的状况。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Melanie let out a few barks, but slowly they retrogressed to a bitter growl.
    • This proves that her determination to fight AIDS and to seek justice is retrogressing rapidly.
    • I do hope that we were able to retrogress you back into the man our daughter loved, not the tepid person you currently are.
    • Society in the past 50 years has known an extremely one-sided development, with science and technology making great strides while social life and culture have stagnated and retrogressed.
    • His point was not that we should in fact retrogress, but that the future and the present can be imagined differently.
    • It's been struggling uphill some of time, and retrogressing much of the time, as well.
    • Europe had retrogressed almost to a primitive way of life, wherein learning was preserved largely in the monasteries.
    • A lot of what is on our airwaves is not the kind of thing we want to institutionalise, and to not have a code, we think we have retrogressed.
    Synonyms
    deteriorate, decline, sink, slip, slide, worsen, get worse, grow worse, take a turn for the worse, lapse, fail, fall off, slump, go downhill, regress

Origin

Early 19th century: from retro- 'back', on the pattern of the verb progress.

Rhymes

acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes

Definition of retrogress in US English:

retrogress

verbˌretrəˈɡresˌrɛtrəˈɡrɛs
[no object]
  • Go back to an earlier state, typically a worse one.

    倒退,退化,衰退,恶化

    she retrogressed to the starting point of her rehabilitation

    她的病情倒退到恢复初期时的状况。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's been struggling uphill some of time, and retrogressing much of the time, as well.
    • Europe had retrogressed almost to a primitive way of life, wherein learning was preserved largely in the monasteries.
    • Society in the past 50 years has known an extremely one-sided development, with science and technology making great strides while social life and culture have stagnated and retrogressed.
    • A lot of what is on our airwaves is not the kind of thing we want to institutionalise, and to not have a code, we think we have retrogressed.
    • Melanie let out a few barks, but slowly they retrogressed to a bitter growl.
    • His point was not that we should in fact retrogress, but that the future and the present can be imagined differently.
    • I do hope that we were able to retrogress you back into the man our daughter loved, not the tepid person you currently are.
    • This proves that her determination to fight AIDS and to seek justice is retrogressing rapidly.
    Synonyms
    deteriorate, decline, sink, slip, slide, worsen, get worse, grow worse, take a turn for the worse, lapse, fail, fall off, slump, go downhill, regress

Origin

Early 19th century: from retro- ‘back’, on the pattern of the verb progress.

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