英 [rɪˈtɑːd] 美 [rɪˈtɑːrd]
v. <正式>阻碍，减缓；减慢，受到阻滞
n. <非正式>弱智，笨蛋；延迟，阻止
复数retards
第三人称单数retards
现在分词retarding
过去式retarded
过去分词retarded
retard // TEM8 [ retarding retarded retards ]
及物动词 If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly. 阻碍; 减缓
Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.
持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关于国家未来的谈判的进行。
可数名词 If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially. 笨蛋; 傻子
cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
This drug will retard your heart rate
be delayed
lose velocity; move more slowly
同义词： decelerate / slow / slow down / slow up
... retaining works 蓄水工程 retard 延迟，推迟；减速，制动 retardant 阻化剂，抑制剂，缓凝剂 ...
... resumption n.恢复，再开始；取回，收回 retard v.（使）放慢或迟缓；阻碍，妨碍 revert v.恢复原状；回到（原话题）；复归 ...
... retaliate v.报复（以牙还牙；以恶报恶） retard v.妨碍；减速 reticent adj.沉默不语的（倾向于保留某人的想法、感情及个人事务的） ...
retardant [化学] 阻滞剂；抑止剂
retardation 阻滞；迟延；妨碍
Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.
持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关于国家未来的谈判的进行。
It would be a pity to retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to work and play well with less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm.
限制那些有足够天赋、即使睡眠少于平均值却能很好地工作和娱乐的人会阻碍我们的发展，这将是一件憾事，如果这确实对他们没有害处的话。
Others are spraying them with a chemical to retard growth.
另一些人则往树上喷洒化学药剂以延缓树的生长。
But she says important steps were taken that,she believes, will ultimately result in an agreement to stop or retard climate change.
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Obviously, we would be retarding the music, ritardando or a retard at that particular point.
显然,我们也可以放慢音乐的速度,这时的术语叫做,渐慢
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But at least we all know what happens when the global ponzi goes full retard.
The process can also retard spoilage, and it doesn't affect the taste of the food.
Standards may retard progress if they come too prematurely, but ultimately they can super-charge growth.
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