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/'bækwəd/ * tính từ - về phía sau, giật lùi - chậm tiến, lạc hậu =a backward country+ nước lạc hậu =a backward child+ đứa trẻ chậm tiêu - muộn, chậm trễ =a backward harvest+ mùa gặt muộn - ngần ngại =to backward in doing something+ ngần ngại làm việc gì * phó từ - về phía sau, lùi =to look backward+ nhìn về phía sau; nhìn về quá khứ =to walk backward+ đi lùi =his work is going backward+ công việc của hắn ta thụt lùi không tiến lên được - ngược =to stroke the cat backward+ vuốt ngược lông con mèo -
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/spel/ * danh từ - lời thần chú - bùa mê =under a spell+ bị bùa mê - sự làm say mê; sức quyến rũ =to cast a spell on+ làm say mê * ngoại động từ spelled, spelt - viết vần, đánh vần; viết theo chính tả =to spell in full+ viết nguyên chữ - có nghĩa; báo hiệu =to spell ruin to+ báo hiệu sự suy tàn của !to spell backward - đánh vần ngược (một từ) - (nghĩa bóng) hiểu nhầm, hiểu sai; thuyết minh sai - xuyên tạc ý nghĩa !to spell out - (thông tục) giải thích rõ ràng * danh từ - đợt, phiên (việc) =a cold spell+ một đợt rét =to work by spells+ thay phiên nhau làm việc - thời gian ngắn =to rest for a spell+ nghỉ một thời gian ngắn - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) cơn ngắn (bệnh) - (Uc) thời gian nghỉ ngắn * ngoại động từ - (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) thay phiên (cho ai) - (Uc) cho nghỉ (ngựa) * nội động từ - (Uc) nghỉ một lát
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backward — back|ward1 [ bækwərd ] adjective * 1. ) only before noun moving or looking in the direction that is behind you: a backward glance 2. ) not developing quickly, normally, and successfully: a remote and backward region a ) OLD FASHIONED an offensive … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Backward induction — is the process of reasoning backwards in time, from the end of a problem or situation, to determine a sequence of optimal actions. It proceeds by first considering the last time a decision might be made and choosing what to do in any situation at … Wikipedia
backward — backward, backwards 1. For the adverb, both forms are in use, although backward is somewhat more common in AmE and backwards in BrE: • Talk ran backward from the events of the morning A. Munro, CanE 1987 • I walked backward to look at her in the… … Modern English usage
Backward — Back ward, Backwards Back wards, adv. [Back, adv. + ward.] 1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. [1913 Webster] 2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. [1913 Webster] 3. On the back, or with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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backward-sloping supply curve for labour — The preference for increased leisure over increased remuneration. Thus, when wage incentives are offered to improve productivity , labourers respond by working shorter hours to earn the same money rather than harder or longer to earn more money.… … Dictionary of sociology
backward compatible — ability of a new version to work in harmony with an older version … English contemporary dictionary
