regress

名词 regress:

1. the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
   同义词：reasoning backward
2. returning to a former state
   同义词：regression, reversion, retrogression, retroversion

动词 regress:

1. go back to a statistical means
2. go back to a previous state
   同义词：revert, return, retrovert, turn back
3. get worse or fall back to a previous condition
   同义词：retrograde, retrogress
4. go back to bad behavior
   同义词：relapse, lapse, recidivate, retrogress, fall back

1. Many prisoners, on being freed, regress to a life of crime.
   许多囚犯，一旦获释，仍去犯罪。
2. Many men, when very angry, regress to their childhood and show their bad temper by shouting and stamping their feet.
   很多人，盛怒之下又退回到孩提时代，边大喊大叫边跺脚地发脾气。

re.gress

v.（动词）
re.gressed,re.gress.ing,re.gress.es
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To go back; move backward.
退回；回归
To return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state.
退回到以前的，通常是更差的或较不发达的状态
To have a tendency to approach or go back to a statistical mean.
退步：接近或退回到一个统计方式的
v.tr.Psychology （及物动词）【心理学】
To induce a state of regression in.
引发退步的状态
n.（名词）

The act of going or coming back; return.
回归的动作；回归
Passage back; reentry.
退路；再次进入
The act of reasoning backward from an effect to a cause.
逆向思维：从结果到原因的推理的动作

来源：
Latin regredo regress-
拉丁语 regredo regress-
re- [re-]
re- [前缀re-]
grado [to go] * see ghredh-
grado [走] *参见 ghredh-

【引伸】
regres.sor
n.（名词）