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

• 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。
• You are being the most dramatic retard.
  你现在像是个非常戏剧化的白吃。
• Numerous and extensive eddy cavities retard the turbulent mixing process.
  多而大的涡流区延迟了扰动的混合过程。
• His daughter is in this retard's hands day and night?
  整天守着他女儿的是这白痴？
• Conclusions: Intensive treatment may retard the progression of early atherosclerosis but had no effect on the late atherosclerosis.
  结论：强化治疗能逆转早期动脉粥样硬化的发展，对晚期血管病变的改善作用有限。
• 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。
• 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。
• Recent studies suggest that tea can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and retard the aging process.
  近期的研究显示，茶能够降低罹患癌症和心脏病的风险，还能延缓衰老。
• Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion.
  倾向于妨碍或阻滞运动的机械力量。
• 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。