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Definition of retard in English: retardverb rɪˈtɑːdrɪˈtɑrd [with object]Delay or hold back in terms of progress or development. 拖延；使减速；妨碍，阻碍 our progress was retarded by unforeseen difficulties Example sentencesExamples - Famously, Forster accused the educational systems of the time of retarding the emotional development of schoolboys.
- Iron deficiency can retard mental development and impair physical growth in children and adolescents and often leads to anemia, which is a deficiency of red blood cells.
- However, other factors such as weak business confidence may be retarding investment at this time.
- Food additives perform many valuable functions like increasing flavor, adding extra minerals or other nutrients, and retarding spoilage.
- Restrictive legislation could retard the development of technology and slow the growth of electronic commerce.
- In addition, diuretics can be effective in retarding osteoporosis in postmenopausal patients.
- A nominally progressive tax structure to some degree retards the concentration over time of wealth among individuals.
- But the coconut oil roast also leaves a layer of fat or oil on the outside surface of the nut to retard moisture migration and sogginess of the nut while the ice cream product is in the freezer case.
- The publicly provided good, while valued by the voters, neither stimulates nor retards economic growth throughout the course of the current legislative period.
- In exchange, she will give him the secret to rejuvenation: when the powder is mixed with another ingredient, it not only retards the aging process, but reverses it completely.
- Giocoli claims that Nash's interpretation of game theory was beset by other difficulties retarding its acceptance by mainstream economics.
- Another side effect of fear is that it absolutely retards the flow of information inside a company.
- Thomison notes, ‘Excess moisture during the early vegetative stages retards corn root development and can kill the deepest roots.’
- A new gas-based fire-protection system has also been installed, which reduces the level of oxygen in the room to retard a fire.
- More important, the backlash against genetically modified foods is fading as new studies ease fears about the health and environmental effects of such crops, though serious obstacles still retard their potential abroad.
- Social scientists have been examining ways to increase community support for local agriculture and local foods and to retard the loss of agricultural space and renew our connection with the local agro-food system.
- Generally, any stress condition that retards plant growth may increase prussic acid levels in plants.
- Such gatekeeping makes no sense for genes expressed in fetal development or childhood, but genetic constructs that retard the onset of aging or protect us from adult cancers might come into play later in life.
- He said the slow pace at which the deal was being negotiated was retarding the development of the park, which he said had remained closed to tourists for sometime.
- Introducing wildlife preserves and adding 100,000 trees to retard the ongoing erosion, this project will also address water and flood management, along with urban planning.
Synonyms delay, slow down, slow up, hold back, set back, keep back, hold up, postpone, put back, detain, decelerate, put a brake on hinder, hamper, obstruct, inhibit, impede, handicap, hamstring, curb, check, restrain, restrict, arrest, interfere with, interrupt, encumber, clog British informal throw a spanner in the works of North American informal throw a monkey wrench in the works of literary stay, trammel, cumber
noun ˈriːtɑːdˈriˌtɑrd offensive, informal A person who has a mental disability (often used as a general term of abuse). 〈冒犯〉智力迟钝者（常作辱骂用语）
Phrasesformal Behind in terms of development or progress. 〈英，正式〉处于落后状态 I was in retard of them in real knowledge 我在实际知识方面落后于他们。 Example sentencesExamples - Because the clocks had been jumped ahead, the day kept feeling in retard of where it actually was.
- Means may be provided such that the clock mechanism may display, instead of the correct time for a zone or locality, a time which is in advance or in retard of that time.
Derivativesadjective adjective noun rɪˈtɑːdərəˈtɑrdər Also, since air retarders and vapor diffusion retarders serve different functions and have distinct characteristics, it may be more practical to install them as separate systems. Example sentencesExamples - The drivers are taught to use engine retarders instead of brakes, and if they have to use the brakes, to tap them lightly.
- Contractors are also encouraged to use evaporation retarders when weather conditions could cause excessive water evaporation from the slab.
- A vapor retarder in this location would reduce the amount of moisture that diffuses into the wall cavity.
- Insecticidal boric acid is a low toxicity insecticide and fire retarder used in other insulation materials.
noun rɪˈtɑːdm(ə)nt mass nounrare The action of delaying or slowing the progress or development of something. the general retardment of the prosperity of the province Example sentencesExamples - The lining not only forms a decorative finish to the hull but also acts as a very good fire retardment.
- It is shown that there is a direct relationship between spring retardment (Φ) and the neap to spring ratio.
OriginLate 15th century: from French retarder, from Latin retardare, from re- 'back' + tardus 'slow'. RhymesAssad, aubade, avant-garde, backyard, ballade, bard, Bernard, bombard, canard, card, charade, chard, couvade, croustade, Cunard, facade, glissade, guard, hard, ill-starred, interlard, lard, Montagnard, nard, pard, petard, pomade, promenade, regard, rodomontade, roulade, saccade, Sade, salade, sard, shard, unmarred, unscarred, yard Definition of retard in US English: retardverbriˈtärdrɪˈtɑrd [with object]Delay or hold back in terms of progress, development, or accomplishment. 拖延；使减速；妨碍，阻碍 our progress was retarded by unforeseen difficulties Example sentencesExamples - Social scientists have been examining ways to increase community support for local agriculture and local foods and to retard the loss of agricultural space and renew our connection with the local agro-food system.
- He said the slow pace at which the deal was being negotiated was retarding the development of the park, which he said had remained closed to tourists for sometime.
- Giocoli claims that Nash's interpretation of game theory was beset by other difficulties retarding its acceptance by mainstream economics.
- However, other factors such as weak business confidence may be retarding investment at this time.
- Another side effect of fear is that it absolutely retards the flow of information inside a company.
- Generally, any stress condition that retards plant growth may increase prussic acid levels in plants.
- More important, the backlash against genetically modified foods is fading as new studies ease fears about the health and environmental effects of such crops, though serious obstacles still retard their potential abroad.
- A nominally progressive tax structure to some degree retards the concentration over time of wealth among individuals.
- But the coconut oil roast also leaves a layer of fat or oil on the outside surface of the nut to retard moisture migration and sogginess of the nut while the ice cream product is in the freezer case.
- Famously, Forster accused the educational systems of the time of retarding the emotional development of schoolboys.
- A new gas-based fire-protection system has also been installed, which reduces the level of oxygen in the room to retard a fire.
- In addition, diuretics can be effective in retarding osteoporosis in postmenopausal patients.
- Thomison notes, ‘Excess moisture during the early vegetative stages retards corn root development and can kill the deepest roots.’
- In exchange, she will give him the secret to rejuvenation: when the powder is mixed with another ingredient, it not only retards the aging process, but reverses it completely.
- The publicly provided good, while valued by the voters, neither stimulates nor retards economic growth throughout the course of the current legislative period.
- Iron deficiency can retard mental development and impair physical growth in children and adolescents and often leads to anemia, which is a deficiency of red blood cells.
- Restrictive legislation could retard the development of technology and slow the growth of electronic commerce.
- Food additives perform many valuable functions like increasing flavor, adding extra minerals or other nutrients, and retarding spoilage.
- Introducing wildlife preserves and adding 100,000 trees to retard the ongoing erosion, this project will also address water and flood management, along with urban planning.
- Such gatekeeping makes no sense for genes expressed in fetal development or childhood, but genetic constructs that retard the onset of aging or protect us from adult cancers might come into play later in life.
Synonyms delay, slow down, slow up, hold back, set back, keep back, hold up, postpone, put back, detain, decelerate, put a brake on
nounˈriˌtɑrdˈrēˌtärd offensive, informal A person who has a mental disability (often used as a general term of abuse). 〈冒犯〉智力迟钝者（常作辱骂用语）
OriginLate 15th century: from French retarder, from Latin retardare, from re- ‘back’ + tardus ‘slow’. |