adv.(副词)

1. 向后 towards a place or position that is behind; towards the back, the beginning, or the past
2. 倒,逆 with the back part in front
3. 每况愈下 towards a worse state

Adverb:

1. at or to or toward the back or rear;

   "he moved back"
   "tripped when he stepped backward"
   "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
   

2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal;

   "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"
   "the child put her jersey on backward"
   

in AM, use 美国英语用 backward

1.向后；朝后
If you move or lookbackwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.

e.g. The diver flipped overbackwards into the water...
潜水员向后翻身入水。
e.g. He took two steps backward...
他后退了两步。

2.倒转地；逆向地；相反地
If you do somethingbackwards, you do it in the opposite way to the usual way.

e.g. He worksbackwards, building a house from the top downwards.
他把工序倒过来了，从上往下建房子。

3.倒退地；后退地；退步地
You usebackwards to indicate that something changes or develops in a way that is not an improvement, but is a return to old ideas or methods.

backwards是什么意思

e.g. Greater government intervention in businesses would represent a stepbackwards.
政府加强对企业的干涉将是一种倒退。
e.g. ...the blaming that keeps us looking backward.
迫使我们时时后顾的责难

4. see also: backward

5.来来回回；往复
If someone or something movesbackwards and forwards, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.

backwards

e.g. Draw the flossbackwards and forwards between the teeth.
将牙线在齿间来回拉动。
e.g. ...people travellingbackwards and forwards to and from London.
往返于伦敦的人

6.熟知，对…了如指掌（美国英语中作know something backward and forward）
In British English, if you say that someoneknows somethingbackwards, you are emphasizing that they know it very well. In American English, you say that someoneknows somethingbackward and forward .

backwards在线翻译

e.g. I asked about one or two things that interest me and she really did know it allbackwards.
我问了一两样我感兴趣的东西，她的确都了如指掌。

7. to bend overbackwards -> see bend

1. 将声音从结束关键帧播放到开始关键帧,实现反向播放：Audio音效效果 |backwards 将声音从结束关键帧播放到开始关键帧,实现反向播放 | Delay 精确控制声音的延迟和调制,达到回声效果

2. 调头标志：parasol 阳伞 |backwards 调头标志 | Sickle 镰刀

I lost my balance and fell backwards.

我没有站稳，仰面摔倒。

He took a step backwards.

他退后一步。

'u2018Ambulance 'u2019 is written backwards so you can read it in the mirror.

ambulance是倒着写的，以便在镜中认读。

In the movie they take a journey backwards through time.

影片中的人作逆时光旅行。

I felt that going to live with my parents would be a step backwards.

我觉得回去和我父母一同生活会更糟。

She rocked backwards and forwards on her chair.

她坐在摇椅上前后摇晃着。

I've bent over backwards to help him.

我已尽最大努力帮助他。

He took two steps backward...

他后退了两步。

He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards.

他把工序倒过来了，从上往下建房子。

Greater government intervention in businesses would represent a step backwards.

政府加强对企业的干涉将是一种倒退。

...the blaming that keeps us looking backward.

迫使我们时时后顾的责难

Draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth.

将牙线在齿间来回拉动。

...people travelling backwards and forwards to and from London.

往返于伦敦的人

I asked about one or two things that interest me and she really did know it all backwards.

我问了一两样我感兴趣的东西，她的确都了如指掌。

The diver flipped over backwards into the water...

潜水员向后翻身入水。

Anybody who compiles a dictionary has to know his alphabet backwards.

无论谁编字典都得把字母表记得熟透.

He leans over backwards to make up for what he has lost.

他尽力弥补他的损失.

Every actor ought to know his lines backwards before he goes on stage, as nervousness may make him forgetful.

所有演员在上台前都应当把台词记得滚瓜烂熟, 因为一紧张就容易忘词.

All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.

姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备.

The wall is beginning to slope backwards.

这堵墙往后坐了.

The child is backwards in her studies.

这个孩子功课落后了.

Toby took a step backwards and knocked the video camera for six.

托比后退了一步,将摄像机撞翻在地.

1. She looked backwards over her shoulder.
   她回头向后看。
2. Lean backwards and let your partner catch you.
   向后仰，让你的伙伴抓住你。
3. She stepped backwards into the pond.
   她向后退，掉进了水池。
4. Take three steps backwards.
   向后退三步。
5. He was coming backwards down the stairs.
   他后退着下楼梯。
6. He took a step backwards to allow her to pass.
   他退后一步让她通过。
7. He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion.
   爆炸力把他往后抛去。
8. I glanced backwards over my shoulder to see if anyone was following me.
   我转头看是否有人在跟踪我。
9. I lost my balance and fell backwards.
   我没有站稳，仰面摔倒。
10. I walked backwards down the stairs, carrying the heaving box.
    我扛着重箱子，倒退着走下楼梯。
11. I walked backwards towards the door.
    我退到门口。
12. It's　not　easy　to　walk　backwards．
    倒退着走路不容易。
13. But in fact of course you're always working backwards.
    但事实上你一向是倒着做的。
14. “Ambulance” is written backwards so you can read it in the mirror. Ambulance
    是倒着写的，以便在镜中认读。
15. Can you say the English alphabet backwards?
    你能倒背英文字母表吗？
16. Count backwards from ten to one.
    从10倒数到1。
17. He began counting backwards “Ten, nine, eight...”
    他开始倒数数：“十，九，八…”。
18. In the movie they take a journey backwards through time.
    影片中的人作逆时光旅行。
19. Let's work backwards through all the steps to see where we went wrong.
    让我们倒推所有的步骤，看看问题出在哪里。
20. With these new weaker pollution controls, the government seems to be moving backwards.
    出台这些更不得力的控制污染的新措施，政府似乎在倒退。
21. It's only by looking backwards that we can understand how these rivalries developed.
    只有通过回顾过去我们才能理解这些对抗行为是怎样产生的。
22. Twenty-eight years? Looking backwards, that takes us to the end of World War Two.
    二十八年？回想起来，那要把我们带回到第二次世界大战结束的时候了。
23. Japan's industrial era extends backwards only a little over a hundred years.
    日本的工业时代不过才100多年的历史。
24. Instead of progressing, we're going backwards.
    我们不但没进步，反而退步了。
25. You've put your hat on backwards.
    你把帽子的前后戴反了。
26. Your skirt is on backwards.
    你的裙子前后穿反了。
27. He got the directions backwards. He drove south instead of north.
    他把方向搞反了；该朝北开车，他却朝南开了。

backwards and forwards

〈口〉详尽；彻底in all details;thoroughly;completely

lean〔bend〕 over backwards

尽力(以至有点过分) make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair

know...backwards

对…了如指掌,熟知… know sth perfectly

动词+～

• backwards">count backwards倒数
• backwards">flow backwards流回
• backwards">go backwards倒退
• backwards">lean backwards往后靠
• backwards">look backwards朝后看
• backwards">walk backwards倒退着走路

adv.(副词)

1. backwards用作副词时,也可写作backward(尤其在美式英语中),意思是“向后,往后”,引申可表示“每况愈下,退步”。
2. backwards还可作“倒,逆”解,指朝反方向运动。

adv.(副词)

backwards, back

这两个词都有“向…后；在…后”之意，表示方向时可互换。其区别在于：back侧重于方向或原始位置或状态的恢复；而backwards则侧重于动作进行的方式。