regressive

UK/rɪ'gresɪv/US/ri'gresiv/

GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Tending to revert to an earlier or worse state.

退步的，倒退的。

adj.

(Of a tax) taking a larger share of income from the poor than the rich.

（税收）累退的。

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

re-again, back

gressto step, walk, go

-ivetending to, having the nature of

=regressive

re- (back) + gress (step) + -ive (tending to) = tending to step backward. A regressive tax is the opposite of progressive: its burden falls back more heavily on lower incomes.

Root gress still carries 64 more words

Common 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.
Sales tax is often criticized as regressive.
2.
The committee rejected the proposal as a regressive policy.

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