retardation

英 [ˌriːtɑːˈdeɪʃn]

美 [ˌriːtɑːrˈdeɪʃn]

n.  延迟;减缓;落后;迟缓

化学

BNC.17316 / COCA.13291

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 延迟;减缓;落后;迟缓
  Retardationis the process of making something happen or develop more slowly, or the fact of being less well developed than other people or things of the same kind.
  1. ...other parents whose children had mental retardation.
     其他智障儿童的家长

英英释义

noun

• the act of slowing down or falling behind
  Synonym:slowdownlag
• a decrease in rate of change
  1. the deceleration of the arms race
  Synonym:decelerationslowing
• lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
  Synonym:mental retardationbackwardnessslownesssubnormality
• any agent that retards or delays or hinders
  1. flame-retardant
  Synonym:retardantretardent
• the extent to which something is delayed or held back

双语例句

• Conclusion ( 1) There is an association early awakening with psychomotor retardation in patients with depression.
  结论（）郁症的早醒可能与精神运动性阻滞相关联。
• The theory confirms the increase in the retardation effect with decrease in particle size.
  理论证实，随着颗粒尺寸的减小，这一减速效应将增大。
• Put forward a new method of assembling polarization-interference to measure the phase retardation of wave-plate.
  提出了会聚偏振光干涉法测量波片相位延迟量的新方法。
• The Adaptation and Effect of Portage Program in Chinese Children with Mental Retardation
  Portage早期教育计划在中国精神发育迟滞儿童早期干预中的效果及适用性研究
• Objective to investigate the characteristics of cognitive evoked potentials in mental retardation and idiot savant.
  目的研究精神发育迟缓和白痴学者认知电位的特征。
• His daughter Laura from the first marriage was institutionalized because of mental retardation.
  因为智力迟钝，他的女儿劳拉的从第一次婚姻起就被送进了疯人院。
• In addition to shedding light on this critical neurological process, the study also provides information on a form of mental retardation in humans.
  在这个关键的神经学过程中，除了脱落光，该研究还对人类智力发育迟缓的形式提供了一些信息。
• Cold stress on crops results in severe yield losses through growth retardation and irreversible damage.
  冷胁迫通过使植株生长迟缓和不可逆转的损伤，严重影响了作物产量。
• Failure to establish proper connectivity in the brain may also underlie autism spectrum disorders and mental retardation.
  建立合适的脑部连接失败也将导致自闭症和智力低下。
• Examples of mental disorders include depression, substance abuse, schizophrenia, mental retardation, childhood autism, and dementia.
  精神障碍的情况包括：抑郁症、物质滥用、精神分裂症、精神发育迟缓、儿童期孤独症和痴呆。