retrogress

英 [ˌretrəʊ'gres] 美 [ˌretrə'gres]

• vi. 倒退；退化

英英释义

Verb:

1. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

2. go back to bad behavior;

   "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. In its absence China would retrogress into division and chaos, and modernization would become impossible.
   动摇了中国就要倒退到分裂和混乱，就不可能实现现代化。

近反义词

【近义词】

• back 后面
• regress 倒退
• decline 下降
• revert 恢复
• degenerate 退化
• worsen (使)更坏
• reverse 逆转
• go back 回去
• retreat 撤退
• draw back 撒回
• withdraw 撤回
• retrograde 倒退的
• recidivate 复犯
• relapse 复发
• lapse 过失
• fall back 后退