retrogressive

Describes a return to a former or less advanced state; moving backwards in development or progress.

• 🇨🇳指倒退的、退化的或退步的，即向更早或更不发达的状态回归，在发展的过程中向后倒退。

1. Declining or worsening C1 formal

   Moving from a better to a worse state; showing a return to a less advanced or less developed condition.

   • The new policy is a retrogressive step for workers' rights.
   • The country's economy has taken a retrogressive turn.
   • His retrogressive attitude prevented any progress in the negotiations.

   🇨🇳倒退的

   同义词: backwarddegenerativeregressiveretrogradeworsening

   反义词: developingimprovingprogressive

• more retrogressive comparative form
• most retrogressive superlative form