retard

英 [rɪˈtɑːd , ˈriːtɑːd]

美 [rɪˈtɑːrd , ˈriːtɑːrd]

v.  阻碍; 减缓; 使放慢速度
n.  迟钝的人; 弱智

现在分词：retarding　第三人称单数：retards　过去分词：retarded　过去式：retarded　

CET6TOEFLGRETEM8

BNC.22219 / COCA.17082

牛津词典

verb

• 阻碍；减缓；使放慢速度
  to make the development or progress of sth slower
  1. The progression of the disease can be retarded by early surgery.
     早期手术可以抑制病情的发展。

noun

• 迟钝的人；弱智
  an offensive way of describing sb who is not intelligent or who has not developed normally

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /rɪ'tɑːd/. The noun is pronounced /'riːtɑːd/. 动词读作/rɪ'tɑːd/。名词读作/'riːtɑːd/。


• VERB 延迟;减缓;妨碍
  If somethingretardsa process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly.
  1. Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.
     持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关系到国家未来的谈判的进行。
• N-COUNT 笨蛋;傻子
  If you describe someone as aretard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially.
  1. What the hell do I want with an emotional retard?
     和一个感情用事的傻瓜在一起，我究竟是图什么？

英英释义

noun

• a person of subnormal intelligence
  Synonym:idiotimbecilecretinmoronchangelinghalf-wit

verb

• cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
  1. This drug will retard your heart rate
• lose velocity
  1. The car decelerated
  Synonym:decelerateslowslow downslow up
• slow the growth or development of
  1. The brain damage will retard the child's language development
  Synonym:checkdelay
• be delayed

双语例句

• Why's he acts like a retard?
  他为什么像一个迟钝的人？
• A rise in interest rates would severely retard economic growth.
  利率的上升将严重阻碍经济的增长。
• Weii, you were bound to inherit a retard sooner or iater.
  所以你迟早会继承一个迟钝儿。
• Understand the forces in your organization that drive and retard change.
  理解你的组织中有哪些阻碍变革的力量。
• Sometimes, just putting your finger on a clock trace adds enough parasitic capacitance to retard the clock edges.
  有时候，只是将手指放在时钟轨迹上，加上足够的寄生电容来延迟时钟沿。
• Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.
  持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关系到国家未来的谈判的进行。
• A coating of a tar or rubber-based material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion.
  机动车辆底部为防腐蚀而涂上的一层柏油或橡胶材料。
• He made the statement without retard to the opinion of the other members of the board.
  他不顾委员会其他成员的意见擅自发表的声明。
• Allowing foreign investment tends to promote sectoral growth, not retard it.
  允许外国投资进入往往会推动（而非阻碍）行业增长。
• We must discard the archaisms that retard our culture. often hampers the full development of a growing personality.
  我们必须抛弃妨碍我国文化发展的过时的东西。而匆忙的物理学常常妨碍个性的全面发展。