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A throwback is something that looks or feels like it came from an earlier time. A café with old wooden chairs and a paper menu is a throwback to the 1970s; a manager who still refuses email is a throwback to an earlier way of working. It is normally used with 'to': a throwback to the eighties, a throwback to my childhood.
A throwback指的就是 something that looks or feels like it came from an earlier time讓人覺得像是從更早以前的時代來的東西。 A café with old wooden chairs and a paper menu像是有老舊木椅、紙本菜單的咖啡店 is a throwback to the 1970s就是七〇年代的復古產物； a manager who still refuses email還在拒絕用email的主管 is a throwback to an earlier way of working就是舊時代工作方式的產物。 It is normally used with 'to'通常會搭配'to'使用： a throwback to the eighties, a throwback to my childhood像a throwback to the eighties、a throwback to my childhood這樣。
The tone depends completely on who is speaking. Said , it means charming and old-fashioned in a good way. Said , it means out of date and out of place — and when it is used about a person's attitudes, it is usually an insult.
The tone depends completely on who is speaking語氣完全要看是誰在說。 Said warmly溫柔地說出來， it means charming and old-fashioned in a good way意思是討喜、復古得很有味道。 Said coldly冷冷地說出來， it means out of date and out of place意思是過時、格格不入—— and when it is used about a person's attitudes用來說一個人的態度時， it is usually an insult通常是在罵人。
There is also a technical use in biology: an animal or plant showing a feature its distant had but its parents did not.
There is also a technical use in biology生物學上也有個專業用法： an animal or plant showing a feature its distant ancestors had but its parents did not指的是動物或植物身上出現了遠祖有、但父母沒有的特徵。
And on social media, 'throwback' has grown a life of its own — people post an old photo with #tbt, Throwback Thursday, and young speakers happily say 'a throwback photo' for any old picture, which is looser than the dictionary meaning.
And on social media在社群媒體上， 'throwback''throwback' has grown a life of its own發展出了自己的用法—— people post an old photo with #tbt, Throwback Thursday大家會用#tbt、Throwback Thursday來曬老照片， and young speakers happily say 'a throwback photo' for any old picture年輕人也會把任何一張舊照片直接說成'a throwback photo'， which is looser than the dictionary meaning用法比字典的意思還要鬆。
原始詞典資料7 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。
throwbacknoun/ˈθɹəʊ.bæk/
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A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
- You see, the House of Representatives recently passed a military budget that is wholly inadequate, a throwback to the seventies, a budget that is a breach of faith with our Armed Forces and our allies and would send exactly the wrong signal to the Soviets and their satellites.
- The man from the future where technology makes all things possible is a throwback to our glorious industrial past, before America stagnated and stopped producing anything but rules, restrictions, limits, obstacles and Facebook.
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derogatoryA person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
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An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
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An atavism.
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A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
- "But this is marvellous. It might be his portrait." "Yes, it is an interesting instance of a throw-back, which appears to be both physical and spiritual. A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the doctrine of reincarnation. The fellow is a Baskerville—that is evident."
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slangA person or thing that evokes memories.
- Céline Dion belted her iconic song "My Heart Will Go On" in a show-stopping performance at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards on May 21. The legendary singer gave the throwback performance in honor of the 20th anniversary of the hit song from the Titanic soundtrack.
- It’s tempting to dismiss the 15-person outfit as out of touch. But Mayer may be onto something with Sunshine, and that’s nostalgia. Throwback tech is all the rage these days.
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accountingbusinessfinanceA practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.
- Under the throwback rule, sales into a state where the taxpayer is not taxable are “thrown back” from the destination state to the origin state by adding the nontaxable sales to the numerator in the apportionment factor.
- The effect of the throwback rule is to distribute income according to sales in the origin state. The effect of the throwout rule is to distribute income according to the taxpayer’s overall activities as measured by the other apportionment factors.
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。