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

• Understand the forces in your organization that drive and retard change.
  理解你的组织中有哪些阻碍变革的力量。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I make a solemn oath to myself that nothing will retard my new life's growth.
  今天，我开始新的生活。我郑重地发誓，绝不让任何事情妨碍我新生命的成长。
• That's the retard! You're the retard.
  这是那个低能儿，你就是那个低能儿。
• A coating of a tar or rubber-based material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion.
  机动车辆底部为防腐蚀而涂上的一层柏油或橡胶材料。
• He made the statement without retard to the opinion of the other members of the board.
  他不顾委员会其他成员的意见擅自发表的声明。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。