(of an action )行为 making a situation worse or returning to how something was in the past 倒退的;退化的;退步的 Oxford Collocations DictionaryRetrograde is used with these nouns:- step
Word Originlate Middle English (as a term in astronomy): from Latin retrogradus, from retro ‘backwards’ + gradus ‘step’ (from gradi ‘to walk’).