backwards

adv.

1. 向后
   towards a place or position that is behind
   1. I lost my balance and fell backwards.
      我没有站稳，仰面摔倒。
   2. He took a step backwards.
      他退后一步。
2. 朝反方向；倒着
   in the opposite direction to the usual one
   1. ‘Ambulance’ is written backwards so you can read it in the mirror.
      ambulance是倒着写的，以便在镜中认读。
   2. In the movie they take a journey backwards through time.
      影片中的人作逆时光旅行。
3. 每况愈下地
   towards a worse state
4. 每况愈下地
   towards a worse state

in AM, use 美国英语用 backward


1. ADV 向后；朝后
   If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
   1. The diver flipped over backwards into the water...
      潜水员向后翻身入水。
   2. He took two steps backward...
      他后退了两步。
   3. Bess glanced backwards...
      贝丝往后瞥了一眼。
   4. Keeping your back straight, swing one leg backwards.
      挺直腰背，一条腿向后摆动。
   5. Backwards is also an adjective.
      
   6. Without so much as a backwards glance, he steered her towards the car.
      他眼睛直视前方地领她走向那辆车，瞥都没往后瞥一眼。
2. ADV 倒转地；逆向地；相反地
   If you do something backwards, you do it in the opposite way to the usual way.
   1. He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards.
      他把工序倒过来了，从上往下建房子。
3. ADV 倒退地；后退地；退步地
   You use backwards to indicate that something changes or develops in a way that is not an improvement, but is a return to old ideas or methods.
   1. Greater government intervention in businesses would represent a step backwards.
      政府加强对企业的干涉将是一种倒退。
   2. ...the blaming that keeps us looking backward.
      迫使我们时时后顾的责难
4. See also: backward
5. PHRASE 来来回回；往复
   If someone or something moves backwards and forwards, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
   1. Draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth.
      将牙线在齿间来回拉动。
   2. ...people travelling backwards and forwards to and from London.
      往返于伦敦的人
6. PHRASE 熟知，对…了如指掌（美国英语中作know something backward and forward）
   In British English, if you say that someone knows something backwards, you are emphasizing that they know it very well. In American English, you say that someone knows something backward and forward .
   1. I asked about one or two things that interest me and she really did know it all backwards.
      我问了一两样我感兴趣的东西，她的确都了如指掌。
7. to bend over backwards → see: bend

1. The diver flipped over backwards into the water
   潜水员向后翻身入水。
2. Bess glanced backwards
   贝丝往后瞥了一眼。
3. Keeping your back straight, swing one leg backwards.
   挺直腰背，一条腿向后摆动。
4. He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards.
   他把工序倒过来了，从上往下建房子。
5. Greater government intervention in businesses would represent a step backwards.
   政府加强对企业的干涉将是一种倒退。
6. Draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth.
   将牙线在齿间来回拉动。
7. I asked about one or two things that interest me and she really did know it all backwards.
   我问了一两样我感兴趣的东西，她的确都了如指掌。
8. People are bending over backwards to please customers.
   人们正使出浑身解数取悦顾客。
9. He stumbled, clawed wildly at the air and fell backwards into the water.
   他绊了一脚，双手在空中胡乱抓了几下，然后仰天栽进了水里。
10. Prospects for effecting real political change seemed to have taken a major step backwards.
    实现真正政治变革的机会似乎变得更加渺茫了。
11. He lost his balance and fell backwards.
    他失去平衡，向后倒去。
12. The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards
    第3波浪太大了，把我打了回去。
13. Insert the fork about 6in. from the root and simultaneously lever it backwards
    将耙子插入到离根部约6英寸的地方并同时向后扳。
14. He was not able to walk without a cane and could only navigate steps backwards
    没有手杖他无法走路，只能小心翼翼地向后退。
15. As he stepped backwards she fell onto her knees, then onto her face
    他向后退时，她双膝跪倒在地，接着迎面倒了下去。
16. I took a pace backwards.
    我往后退了一步。
17. The writing sloped backwards
    笔迹朝右倾斜。
18. 'Tang' is 'Gnat' spelt backwards.
    Gnat倒着写出来就是Tang。
19. He just released his hold and toppled slowly backwards
    他刚一松开手就缓缓向后倒下。
20. The man tumbled over backwards.
    那个人向后摔倒了。
21. He leaned over backwards to please his immediate superior.
    他拼命讨好他的顶头上司。
22. The wall is beginning to slope backwards.
    这堵墙往后坐了。
23. All of us know this backwards and forwards.
    我们大家对此都了如指掌。
24. We bent over backwards to help them.
    我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
25. The train goes backwards and forwards between the two cities.
    这列火车往返于这两座城市之间。
26. A gust of strong wind pushed me a few steps backwards.
    迎面一阵狂风，把我刮得倒退了好几步。
27. She looked backwards over her shoulder.
    她回头向后看。
28. Take three steps backwards.
    向后退三步。
29. Rivers don't flow backwards.
    河水不会倒流。
30. Instead of progressing, we're going backwards.
    我们不但没进步，反而退步了。

  backward backwards【导航词义：向后】

  backward adj., adv. 向后的（地）；落后的

〔辨析〕作形容词“向后的”解时只作定语；作副词时，词义同 backwards，可换用。

  backwards adv. 向后地，倒退地

〔辨析〕只作副词，不可用作形容词。

adv.

backward(s) and forward(s)

• 来来回回
  from one place or position to another and back again many times
  1. She rocked backwards and forwards on her chair.
     她坐在摇椅上前后摇晃着。

bend/lean over backwards (to do sth)

• 尽力；竭力
  to make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair
  1. I've bent over backwards to help him.
     我已尽最大努力帮助他。

know sb/sth backwards

• 对…了如指掌（或倒背如流）；把…背得滚瓜烂熟
  to know sb/sth extremely well
  1. She must know the play backwards by now.
     她现在对这个剧本肯定是倒背如流。

adv

1. at or to or toward the back or rear
   1. he moved back
   2. tripped when he stepped backward
   3. she looked rearward out the window of the car

   Synonym:    backbackwardrearwardrearwards

2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
   1. it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'
   2. the child put her jersey on backward

   Synonym:    backward