Wordiyoretrogression
🇬🇧 UK/,retrə(ʊ)'greʃ(ə)n/🇺🇸 US/.retrә'greʃәn/
C2
Definitions
n.
A decline or return to a previous, worse, or less developed state
退化；倒退；退步
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.social retrogression社会倒退
- 2.moral retrogression道德退化
- 3.[economic retrogression]经济倒退
- 4.retrogression in rights权利方面的退步
Example Sentences
- 1.
Historians debated whether the fall of the empire represented a true retrogression in civilization.
- 2.
The report warned of a retrogression in women's rights in several regions.
- 3.
Experts view the policy change as a retrogression that undermines decades of progress.