regress

regress
verb
  1. [no obj.]return to a former or less developed state
    退回；倒退，退化
    they would not regress to pre-technological tribalism.
    他们不愿退回技术时代前的部落制。
    ■return mentally to a former stage of life or a supposed previous life, especially through hypnosis or mental illness
    （尤指因催眠或精神疾患）回到从前，回归
    [no obj.]she claims to be able to regress to the Roman era.
    她自称能回到罗马时代。
    [with obj.]I regressed Sylvia to early childhood.
    我让西尔维亚回归至童年。
  2. [with obj.](Statistics)calculate the coefficient or coefficients of regression of (a variable) against or on another variable
    (统计)回归
  3. [no obj.](Astronomy)move in a retrograde direction
    (天文)退行
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the action of returning to a former or less developed state
    退回；倒退，退化
  2. (Philosophy)a series of statements in which a logical procedure is continually reapplied to its own result without approaching a useful conclusion (e.g. defining something in terms of itself)
    (哲)倒溯论证，后退式论证
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin regressus, from regredi 'go back, return', from re- 'back' + gradi 'walk'
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