backward

• adj.後方；逆；発展が遅い
• 逆に

back, rear.-ward、動詞の接尾辞、回す、verseと同じ。

backward (adv.)

c. 1300, from abakward, from Old English on b?c (see back (adv.)) + -weard adjectival and adverbial suffix (see -ward). Old English had the adverb b?cling. As an adjective, from 1550s. Meaning "behindhand with regard to progress" is first attested 1690s. To ring bells backward (from lowest to highest), c. 1500, was a signal of alarm for fire or invasion, or to express dismay. Another Middle English word for "backward, wrongly" was arseward (c. 1400); Old English had earsling.

1. The car passed over the body twice，once backward and then forward.

その車はその人を2回往復して、まず逆に圧延して、それから前に圧延していた。

2.History may judge the enterprise to have been rather backward -looking.

歴史は、この野心的な計画が保守的すぎることを証明するかもしれない。

3.We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.

立ち後れた祖国のために変革の歩みを速めなければならない。

4.He took two steps backward .

彼は2ステップ後退した。

5.She strode past him without a backward glance.

彼女は大股で彼のそばを通り過ぎたが、振り返っても彼を見なかった。