Англо-русский словарь - backwards
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1. назад to look backwards —- смотреть назад (через плечо) to turn one's head backwards —- обернуться; оглянуться to fall backwards —- упасть навзничь to cast a light backwards —- отражать свет to turn backwards from one's beliefs —- отступать от своих убеждений to look backwards over one's carlier mistakes —- учиться на ошибках he stepped backwards —- он сделал шаг назад, он отступил на шаг they pushed the car backwards —- они толкнули машину назад 2. в обратном направлении backwards and forward —- взад и вперед; разг. досконально, тщательно he knew his lesson backwards and forward —- он знал урок назубок (наизусть) backwards march! —- кругом марш! 3. наоборот, задом наперед to walk backwards —- пятиться to say the alphabet backwards —- называть буквы алфавита в обратном порядке to sit backwards on a horse —- сидеть на лошади лицом к хвосту to read backwards —- читать от конца к началу to ring the bells backwards —- звонить в колокола, начиная с басов, бить тревогу 4. превратно, извращенно, искаженно, ошибочно to spell smb. backwards —- представить кого-л. в невыгодном свете; оклеветать кого-л. to think backwards of smth. —- ошибиться в чем-л. 5. к худшему affaris are going backwards —- дела идут все хуже Id: to lean over backwards —- перегибаться назад; из кожи (вон) лезть (особ для исправления допущенной ошибки или несправедливости) Id: to go (to turn) backwards —- библ. впасть в...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adv. 1 away from one's front (lean backwards; look backwards). 2 a with the back foremost (walk backwards). b in reverse of the usual way (count backwards; spell backwards). 3 a into a worse state (new policies are taking us backwards). b into the past (looked backwards over the years). c (of a thing's motion) back towards the starting-point (rolled backwards). Phrases and idioms backwards and forwards in both directions alternately; to and fro. bend (or fall or lean) over backwards (often foll. by to + infin.) colloq. make every effort, esp. to be fair or helpful. know backwards be entirely familiar with. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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adverb see backward I BACKWASH noun Date: 1869 1. a backward flow or movement (as of water or air) produced especially by a propelling force; also the fluid that is moving backward 2. consequence, aftermath ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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Note: in AM, use 'backward' 1. If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing. The diver flipped over backwards into the water... He took two steps backward... Bess glanced backwards... Keeping your back straight, swing one leg backwards. ADV: ADV after v • Backwards is also an adjective. Without so much as a backwards glance, he steered her towards the car. ADJ: ADJ n 2. If you do something backwards, you do it in the opposite way to the usual way. He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards. ADV: ADV after v 3. You use backwards to indicate that something changes or develops in a way that is not an improvement, but is a return to old ideas or methods. Greater government intervention in businesses would represent a step backwards. ...the blaming that keeps us looking backward. ADV: ADV after v, n ADV 4. see also backward 5. If someone or something moves backwards and forwards, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction. Draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth. ...people travelling backwards and forwards to and from London. PHRASE: PHR after v 6. to bend over backwards: see bend ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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