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

• 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。
• That's the retard! You're the retard.
  这是那个低能儿，你就是那个低能儿。
• 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？
• His daughter is in this retard's hands day and night?
  整天守着他女儿的是这白痴？
• The lack of glucose's by-products might retard aging in another way as well.
  缺乏葡萄糖代谢的产物，可能也会透过另一种方式来延缓老化。
• 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。
• Writing may retard the process of language change under certain conditions.
  在某些情况下，文字可能延缓语言的变化。
• In the third chapter, we discuss an integral inequalities system with retard and unknown functions of power.
  在本文第三章中，我们研究了一个带有时滞的、未知函数项带有方幂的积分不等式组。
• 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。
• Which is a bit much for a full-time retard like myself.
  对我这个慢半拍的人有点过分了。