retards

英 [rɪˈtɑːdz]

美 [rɪˈtɑːrdz]

v.  阻碍; 减缓; 使放慢速度
retard的第三人称单数

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？

双语例句

• Spin ( usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion.
  延缓（球的）向前运动或使其向后退的旋转。
• Retards the flame when coated on combustible materials such as Styrofoam.
  涂抹在易燃材料表面例如聚苯乙烯材料可阻燃。
• COMBUSTIBILITY: Does not burn. Retards the flame when coated on combustible materials such as Styrofoam. The screening test of flammability is conducted in accordance with the Regulation, the result indicates that the substance does not belong to flammable solid.
  可燃性：不燃烧。涂抹在易燃材料表面例如聚苯乙烯材料可阻燃。经规定的燃烧性初步筛选试验，表明该货物不属易燃危险品。
• Cold retards the growth of plants.
  寒冷的气候延缓了农作物的生长。
• A substance that retards or stops an activity. diminishing marginal physical product
  减少或抑制活性的物质。递减的边际物质产品
• It's better rhythm and better actors, more actors, not just her and her Friends. I don't know she's working with two retards, I dont know what to tell her.
  节奏好多了，演员也强了点，而且更多，不再只是她和她那些所谓的朋友。我不知道，她在和两个弱智合作，我不知道怎么说她。
• However, for reasons this and that, its financial management still lags far behind its development and seriously retards its further growth, leaving too much to be desired.
  然而由于各方面的因素，中小企业的财务管理状况不尽人意，与其发展速度不相匹配，严重影响和制约了其进一步发展壮大。
• ( chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst.
  （化学）一种阻碍化学反应或减少催化剂活性的物质。
• An agent that prevents or retards the clotting of blood.
  用来预防或延缓血液凝结的物品。
• Lack of sun retards plant growth.
  光照不足则植物生长缓慢。