Regressive



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 退步的, 退化的
• ［英］ adj. 退步的, 退化的 ( moving backward to a primitive state or condition)
• ［类］ 反义词: forward ( 向前进)
• ［记］ re ( 后) +gress ( 走) +ive -> 向后走 -> 退步的
• ［例］ The dog has a regressive tendency to forget.

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Date: 1634
• 1. tending to regress or produce regression
• 2. being, characterized by, or developing in the course of an evolutionary process involving increasing simplification of bodily structure
• 3. decreasing in rate as the base increases <a regressive tax>
• ? regressively adverb
• ? regressiveness noun
• ? regressivity noun

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