When you call a person, a plan, or a country backward-looking, you are saying they keep using old methods and old ideas instead of newer ones — and you do not like that. It is not a warm word for “this has a long history.” It is a frown: stuck in the past, unwilling to change.

When you call a person, a plan, or a country backward-looking當你說一個人、一個計畫或一個國家是backward-looking（守舊）, you are saying they keep using old methods and old ideas instead of newer ones你是在說他們一直用舊方法、舊想法，而不用新的 — and you do not like that而且你並不喜歡這樣。It它 is not a warm word for "this has a long history."不是「這有悠久歷史」那種友善的說法。It它 is a frown是一種皺眉的說法: stuck in the past, unwilling to change意思是困在過去、不願意改變。

You hear it in news, in politics, and in fights about schools, technology, or how a company is run. It feels a little formal, and it almost always sits in front of a noun: a backward-looking policy, a backward-looking attitude.

You hear it你會 in news在新聞裡, in politics政治裡, and in fights about schools, technology, or how a company is run以及爭論學校、科技或公司經營方式的場合裡 聽到這個字。It它 feels a little formal聽起來有點正式, and it almost always sits in front of a noun而且幾乎都放在名詞前面: a backward-looking policy像a backward-looking policy守舊的政策, a backward-looking attitude backward-looking attitude守舊的態度。

Though actually, the same old way can be called “traditional” if the speaker is proud of it; backward-looking is the unkind twin of that. People do not usually turn it into a verb.

Though actually不過其實, the same old way can be called "traditional"同一種舊方式如果講的人以此為傲，可以叫做"traditional"（傳統的）, if the speaker is proud of it如果講的人以此為傲; backward-looking is the unkind twin of that backward-looking就是這個詞不客氣的雙胞胎。People do not usually turn it into a verb人們通常不會把它變成動詞。