regressive

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. That tends to return, revert or regress.
    — Some say history repeats itself, that time is cyclical. Others cling to the notion of progress and change over time. Apparently Nancy Walker marches to a different drummer — marches backwards, that is. Her ideas on art and society seem quaint and odd on the one hand and, on the other, petty and regressive.
  2. Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.

词形变化

more regressive comparative most regressive superlative

词汇关系

反义词
progressive
衍生词
autoregressive regressive argument regressive assimilation regressive left regressive leftism regressive leftist regressively regressiveness regressivism regressivity unregressive vasoregressive
相关词
regress regression

词源

Borrowed from Latin regressīvus, equivalent to regress + -ive.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary