regress

英 [rɪ'ɡres] 美 [rɪ'ɡres]

• v. 倒退；回归；退化
• n. 退回；回归；逆向思维

英英释义

Noun:

1. the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

2. returning to a former state

Verb:

1. go back to a statistical means

2. go back to a previous state;

   "We reverted to the old rules"
   

3. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

4. go back to bad behavior;

   "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Some children may regress to an earlier stage of development.
   有些孩子的状态会倒退到更小的年龄段。
2. Many men, when very angry, regress to their childhood and show their bad temper by shouting and stamping their feet.
   很多人，盛怒之下又退回到孩提时代，边大喊大叫边跺脚地发脾气。
3. This is because the rates of return on most systems tend to regress to the mean.
   这是由于大多数系统的回报率会回归到这个水平。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The attempt leads to an infinite regress.
   这种作法会导致无穷倒退。
2. This is because the rates of return on most systems tend to regress to the mean.
   这是由于大多数系统的回报率会回归到这个水平。

经典引文

• The progress, regress and termination of the liaison.

  出自： S. Caudwell

• They would not regress to..pre-technological tribalism.

  出自： U. Le Guin

近反义词

【近义词】

• relapse 复发
• revert 恢复
• retrogress 倒退
• lapse 过失
• fall back 后退
• backslide 堕落
• degenerate 退化
• go back 回去
• lose ground 退却
• retreat 撤退
• move back 退缩
• reasoning backward 倒推论
• retroversion 向后弯曲
• reversion 返回
• regression 复原
• turn back 折回
• return 返回
• retrogression 倒退
• recidivate 复犯
• retrograde 倒退的
• retrovert 向后弯曲

【反义词】

• progress 进步