retard
vt. 使减速,妨碍,阻止,推迟
vi. 减慢,受到阻滞
n. 减速,阻滞,延迟
If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly.
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。
If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially.
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?
1. a person of subnormal intelligence
1. slow the growth or development of;
2. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate;
3. be delayed
4. lose velocity; move more slowly;
in retard
(英,正式)处于落后状态
Pigments that retard to the corrosion in the substrate.
能够延缓基材腐蚀的一种颜料.
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.
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.
The brain damage will retard the child's language development.
大脑损伤会阻碍儿童的语言发育.
And I make a solemn oath to myself that nothing will retard my new life's growth.
我郑重地发誓,绝不让任何事情妨碍我新生命的成长.