retrograde

1. 1.

   Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.

   后退的；逆向的

2. 2.

   Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.

   退步的；倒退的

3. 3.

   Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.

   逆序的；反向的

4. 4.

   Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.

   保守的；反对改革的

5. 5.

   Of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.

   逆行的

6. 6.

   Of a metamorphic change: resulting from a decrease in pressure or temperature.

   退变质的

7. 7.

   Of amnesia: relating to the period leading up to the episode which caused it.

   逆行性遗忘的

退步的；倒退的；逆序的；反向的；保守的；反对改革的；逆行的；退变质的

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