0 to the rear -- en arrière
a backward step un pas en arrière
1 not modern and slow to progress -- arriéré/-ée
a backward town une ville arriérée / peu moderne
2 toward the rear -- en arrière
sliding backward down the hill dévalant la colline à la renverse
4 toward past time -- en arrière
5 moving one way and then the opposite way, repeatedly -- de long en large
6 aimed or directed backwards -- en arrière, vers l’arrière
7 less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one’s age -- arriéré, retardé
a backward child.
8 late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc -- arriéré
Sometimes it feels like two steps forward and one step backward, but better that way than vice versa.
As he suggests, we should be looking forward rather than backward now.
Those who vote against our reasonable proposals tomorrow will have difficulty in explaining this backward step to our compatriots.
Of course, we must refer to the backward step taken over the banana issue.
A backward step is neither possible nor acceptable.
But a backward step is always backwards!
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hacia atrás, variante de “backwards”: hacia atrás, retrógrado/da [masculine-feminine]…
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後ろの, 後方への, “backwards” に同じ…
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geride, arkada, az gelişmiş ya da normalden daha az hızla gelişen…
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