音标：['bækwәd]
ad. 向后地, 相反地
a. 向后的, 相反的
【计】 倒推
相关词组:
to spell backward
在线英汉词典

backward的短语、例句：

backward adj 1 directed towards the back or the starting point 向後的; 向原出发点的
a backward glance, somersault 向後一瞥、翻一个筋斗. 2 having made or making less than normal progress 落後的; 後进的
a very backward part of the country, with no proper roads and no electricity 这个国家中极其落後的地区, 既没有像样的公路也没有电力供应
John was rather backward as a child; he was nearly three before he could walk. , . 3 [pred 作表语] ~ (in sth) shy; reluctant; hesitant 害羞; 怯生生; 迟疑
Sheila is very clever but rather backward in expressing her ideas. 希拉很聪明, 然而在表达思想时却有些腼腆. Cf 参看 forward.