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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All agencies that provoke change and all that retard it can be discribed as'good'or'bad'respectively.
  一切促进变化和一切妨碍变化的力量都可以分别称为“好”的或“坏”的。
• 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。
• 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。
• I called you a retard, and I took it back.
  我叫你小傻瓜了，我收回。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。