backward

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

back·ward BrE [ˈbækwəd] NAmE [ˈbækwərd] adjective
1. only before noun directed or moving towards the back
• She strode past him without a backward glance.
2. moving in a direction that means that no progress is being made
Syn: ↑retrograde
• She felt that going back to live in her home town would be a backward step.
3. having made less progress than normal; developing slowly
•a backward part of the country, with no paved roads and no electricity
•a backward child
• (BrE, informal) She's not backward in coming forward (= she's not shy).
compare ↑forward

Word Origin:
[backward] Middle English: from earlier abackward, from ↑aback.

Example Bank:
•a rather backward child
•a rather backward part of the country

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  half-witted, slow-witted, feebleminded, back, backwards, rearward, rearwards
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  forward, ahead, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard