Wordiyoretrogress
🇬🇧 UK/,retrəu'ɡres/🇺🇸 US/.retrә'gres/
C2
Definitions
v.
To return to an earlier, worse, or simpler condition; to decline or regress
倒退；退化；退步
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.retrogress to退回到……
- 2.[retrogress further]进一步退化
- 3.begin to retrogress开始倒退
- 4.[retrogress rapidly]迅速退步
Example Sentences
- 1.
Without continued investment in education, a society may retrogress to earlier stages of development.
- 2.
The patient began to retrogress after stopping the prescribed medication.
- 3.
Economic reforms stalled, causing the country to retrogress rather than move forward.