Backwards

(adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.

(adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.

(adv.) On the back, or with the back downward.

(adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.

(adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.

(adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.

(adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.

伯特伦编辑

• The carriage was ready: they were bringing it round to the front, and my master was pacing the pavement, Pilot following him backwards and forwards. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Would you read backwards the unchangeable laws of Necessity? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She paused--twisted the cloth in her hands, backwards and forwards, and whispered to herself, What is it he said? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• There was a general rush to the carriages, and Mr. Huskisson, in trying to enter his carriage, slipped backwards and fell upon the rails. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The room in which the ladies sat was backwards. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Nathaniel Pipkin could make no reply, so old Lobbs shook him backwards and forwards, for two or three minutes, by way of arranging his ideas for him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He poured out these words fiercely, all in a breath, walking backwards and forwards, and striking about him in the air with his whip. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The men were working backwards toward the little party who were facing away from the sailors. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It nearly knocked me backwards. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Spain and Portugal, indeed, are supposed to have gone backwards. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Bring the sacks, he shouted to Anselmo as he walked backwards. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Stepping backwards, facing the foe as he went, he guarded his prey to the counting-house. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It may or may not be connected with our inquiry, but we will follow it backwards before we go any farther. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• And being nailed to the tops of fence posts to be pushed over backwards for the others. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• You have been carrying the Diamond backwards and forwards, here and in London, and you are still a living man! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Though it goes backwards and forwards between the ground and the granary, it never changes masters, and therefore does not properly circulate. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The infuriated beast, pulled up and backwards until he stood upon his hind legs, struggled impotently in this unnatural position. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• To come backwards and forwards here, in the same way, for ever? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Between these two turns, hidden from the lodge on one side, and from the way to the station on the other, I waited, walking backwards and forwards. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Forwards to our time or backwards away from us? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Here, he dodged backwards and forwards, and did all sorts of things while I looked helplessly at him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Because, my dear, you see, many people can't ride backwards; and there's Mrs. Hodson my wife as is one of them. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• In the deep shade, at the farther end of the room, a figure ran backwards and forwards. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The opening being then closed by a screw-nut, the apparatus, which is mounted on pivots, with an appropriate stand, is swung backwards and forwards like a pendulum. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• While I was under these circumstances, two rats crept up the curtains, and ran smelling backwards and forwards on the bed. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• China, however, though it may, perhaps, stand still, does not seem to go backwards. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The hall lamp was now lit, and it amused her to look over the balustrade and watch the servants passing backwards and forwards. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He did not know how long he had been walking uneasily backwards and forwards, but Rosamond felt that it was long, and wished that he would sit down. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Rolling bridges are suspended from a structure high above the water, and are propelled backwards and forwards by means of rollers. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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