Rearward means in or toward the back of something. A rearward seat is a seat at the back of a bus, a car, or a plane. You can also use it like an adverb: if people move rearward, they go toward the back, away from the front.

Rearward這個字 means in or toward the back of something意思是在某樣東西的後面或朝向後面。A rearward seat所謂rearward seat is a seat at the back of a bus, a car, or a plane就是公車、汽車或飛機後面的座位。You can also use it like an adverb它也可以當副詞用：if people move rearward如果有人move rearward，they go toward the back他們就是往後方移動，away from the front遠離前方。

Though actually, most people do not say this word in everyday talk. They say back, at the back, or backwards. Rearward feels a little formal, and you meet it more in writing about the army, about vehicles, or about the body.

Though actually不過其實，most people do not say this word in everyday talk大多數人在日常對話裡不會用這個字。They say他們會說 back, at the back, or backwardsback、at the back，或backwards。Rearward feels a little formalrearward聽起來比較正式，and you meet it more in writing about the army, about vehicles, or about the body比較常出現在談軍隊、談載具或談身體的文章裡。

Backward often means “the opposite way to the way you are facing.” Rearward keeps a clearer picture of a thing that has a front and a back, and you are talking about that back. There is an older military use of rearward as a noun for the back part of an army, but that is rare now; the usual meaning is this “toward the back” one.

Backward often means “the opposite way to the way you are facing.”Backward常常是指「跟你面對的方向相反」。Rearward keeps a clearer picture而rearward保留了更清楚的畫面 of a thing that has a front and a back指一樣有前有後的東西，and you are talking about that back而你講的就是那個後面。There is an older military use有一個比較舊的軍事用法 of rearward as a noun把rearward當名詞用 for the back part of an army指軍隊的後方部隊，but that is rare now但現在很少見了；the usual meaning is this “toward the back” one常見的意思還是「朝向後方」這個。