retard
verb (formal)- retard something
to make the development or progress of something slower synonym delay, slow阻碍;减缓;使放慢速度 The progression of the disease can be retarded by early surgery. 早期手术可以抑制病情的发展。 The lack of a rail link retarded the town’s development. 缺乏铁路交通阻碍了这个城镇的发展。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRetard is used with these nouns as the object:- development
- growth
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French retarder, from Latin retardare, from re- ‘back’ + tardus ‘slow’.