backslide

• 动词，指退回到以前（通常更糟）的状态或习惯，尤指在取得进步之后。

A verb used to indicate the act of reverting to a previous, usually worse, state or habit, especially after making progress.

不规则动词

1. Relapse or regressC1formal

   To revert to a previous, often worse, state of behavior, morals, or performance after making progress.

   故态复萌

   • After months of sobriety, he began to backslide into old habits.
   • The student backslid in his studies after the holidays.
   • She worried that her team would backslide without strict supervision.

   同义词fall backlapseregressrelapseretrogressrevert

   反义词advancedevelopimproveprogressrecoverreform