in AM, use 美国英语用 backward
1 ADV [ADVERB after verb] 向后;朝后 If you move or look
backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
向后;朝后 -
The diver flipped over backwards into the water.
潜水员向后翻身入水。
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He took two steps backward.
他后退了两步。
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Bess glanced backwards.
贝丝往后瞥了一眼。
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Keeping your back straight, swing one leg backwards.
挺直腰背,一条腿向后摆动。
SYN towards the rear, behind you, in reverse, rearwards
Backwards is also an adjective.
2 ADV [ADVERB after verb] 倒转地;逆向地;相反地 If you do something
backwards, you do it in the opposite way to the usual way.
倒转地;逆向地;相反地 SYN in reverse order, back to front, in the opposite way from usual
3 ADV [ADVERB after verb, n ADVERB] 倒退地;后退地;退步地 You use
backwards to indicate that something changes or develops in a way that is not an improvement, but is a return to old ideas or methods.
倒退地;后退地;退步地 5 PHRASE 来来回回;往复 If someone or something moves
backwards and forwards, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
来来回回;往复 6 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 熟知,对…了如指掌(美国英语中作know something backward and forward) In British English, if you say that someone
knows something
backwards, you are emphasizing that they know it very well. In American English, you say that someone
knows something
backward and forward .
熟知,对…了如指掌(美国英语中作know something backward and forward) [emphasis] 7 to
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