English Dictionary

retard

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹɪˈtɑː(ɹ)d/

動詞

他動詞 廃用 自動詞

(transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing. / (transitive) To put off; to postpone. / (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).

日本語の意味

進展や進行を妨げ、遅延させること。 / 予定や行為を先送りにする、延期すること。 / （古い用法）遅く、のろのろと行う、怠慢に行うこと。

Please do not retard the project by postponing decisions at every meeting.

会議のたびに決定を先延ばしにしてプロジェクトを遅らせないでください。

意味（1）

(transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.

retard the march of an army

意味（2）

(transitive) To put off; to postpone.

to retard the attacks of old age

意味（3）

(transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).

意味（4）

(intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.

This application of hydraulics led Sir George Dowty to develop the wagon retarder system, which comprised small hydraulic rams mounted inside the rail. These rams could simply retard a wagon, or both retard and 'boost' or speed up a wagon by hydraulic pressure.

意味（5）

(intransitive, obsolete) To stay back.

Some years it [The River Nile] hath also retarded, and come far later than usually it was expected

retards （ present singular third-person ）

retarding （ participle present ）

retarded （ participle past ）

retarded （ past ）