Wordiyoregressive
🇬🇧 UK/rɪ'gresɪv/🇺🇸 US/ri'gresiv/
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Tending to return to an earlier or less advanced state; opposing progress; (of a tax) placing a greater burden on lower incomes.
退步的，倒退的；（税收）累退的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.regressive tax累退税
- 2.regressive policy倒退性政策
- 3.[regressive step]退步之举
- 4.regressive behavior退行行为
Example Sentences
- 1.
Critics argue that a flat sales tax is regressive, hitting the poor hardest.
- 2.
The new policy was condemned as regressive by education reform advocates.