核心畫面
You can picture backwards as the direction your heels point. Whatever moves backwards is heading away from the face, the front, the beginning of the trip — the body's own front/back axis borrowed and laid over time, over order, over how a shirt is put on, over whether things are getting better or worse.
可以想成：人有一個天生的前後方向——臉朝的那邊是前，腳跟朝的那邊是後。backwards 就是「往腳跟那邊」。英文再…更多收起
可以想成：人有一個天生的前後方向——臉朝的那邊是前，腳跟朝的那邊是後。backwards 就是「往腳跟那邊」。英文再把這條身體上的前後線借出去蓋在別的東西上：時間有前後（往回到過去）、順序有前後（從尾巴讀到開頭）、衣服有前後（穿反了）、進展也有前後（不但沒往前，還退回去）。同一個往後的手勢，只是每次貼在不同的東西上。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
backwardsadj詞源 1/ˈbækwɜːdz/
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Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
- As I stand to address them they take a fearful step backwards with their hands outstretched in placating gestures.
backwardsadv詞源 2/ˈbækwɜːdz/
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Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
- The length of the stoppages could not well be reduced; indeed, they are already too short if we are to believe the tale now current of a wandering Jew sort of passenger—a lady of advanced years who can only alight from a train backwards. Every time she begins to get out a porter rushes up crying "Hurry up, ma'am; train's going!"—and pushes her in again!
- My train back is a Class 800 bi-mode. These are not too bad, except for their awful seats - compared with the seats on the HST, they are a step backwards.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。