英英單字圖文記憶(113)
retrograde [ˈrɛtrəˌɡred]:
A retrograde
action is one that you think makes a situation worse rather than better. 【倒退的;退化的;逆行的】
【分解】:前缀retro=backwards,表示"向後、倒退";字根grad =
step,表示"步"。
【分析】:”向後踏步” = “倒退的;退化的;逆行的”。
For example,
The closure of
the factory is a retrograde step . 工廠的關閉是一大退步。