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

• That unpleasant news might retard his recovery.
  那个坏消息可能妨碍他的复元。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lack of sunlight will retard the growth of most plants.
  缺乏阳光会妨碍大多数植物的生长。
• I'm not playing with him, he's a total retard.
  我不和他玩，他是个十足的低能儿。
• Why's he acts like a retard?
  他为什么像一个迟钝的人？
• 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。
• 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。
• The methods of meta-analysis have showed that these methods retard the innovation of theory and the development of cumulative knowledge in psychology.
  元分析方法已经表明传统的统计方法延缓了心理学理论的创新和知识累积的增长。