throwback

美 [ˈθroʊbæk]英 [ˈθrəʊbæk]
  • n.回归;返祖;返祖者;返祖型的东西

复数: throwbacks

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noun

返祖者;返祖;返祖型的东西
a person or thing that is similar to sb/sth that existed in the past

The car's design is a throwback to the 1960s.

这种汽车的设计回到了20世纪60年代。

throwback

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    N-COUNT 复古;回归
    If you say that something is a throwback to a former time, you mean that it is like something that existed a long time ago.

    The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.

    这个大厅的古老图案和彩色玻璃是对过去一个时代风格的回归。

noun

1
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Synonym: atavism reversion
2
an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
Synonym: atavist

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  1. It appears to be a throwback to prehistoric times that it has somehow managed to survive .

    不知什么原因它竟然能够存活下来,这看来是对史前时期的一种返祖现象。

  2. The car 's design is a throwback to the 1960s .

    这种汽车的设计回到了20世纪60年代。

  3. The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained-glass .

    这个大厅的古老图案和彩色玻璃是对过去一个时代风格的回归。

  4. Meanwhile , inflation is reviving throwback elements of state economic planning .

    同时,通货膨胀也正在“抵消”中央的经济政策。

  5. They see me as , as one of those throwback fighters .

    他们看我是我就是,我就是一种有起落的拳手。

  6. In a perfect technological world , they would be the next big thing , not a throwback .

    在一个完美的技术世界里,它们将成为下一款轰动产品,而不是个复古玩意儿。

  7. Indeed , it is the throwback quality that makes him valuable to Manchester United .

    事实上,对曼联而言,重返巅峰的能力让欧文具备了价值。

  8. The analysis of catalyst deactivation reasons indicated that throwback could prolong the lifetime of catalysts .

    通过对甲烷裂解催化剂失活原因的分析发现流化床中催化剂颗粒的流态化有利于延长催化剂活性寿命。

  9. His sentiments were a throwback to the old colonial days .

    他的观点还是从前殖民时代的那种观点。

  10. Life is more wholesome : there , a throwback to simpler times .

    那里的生活更有益于健康,它仿佛使你返回到更加纯朴的原始时代。

  11. With Windows 10 , Microsoft is offering something of a throwback to the earlier versions .

    Windows10重新回归了早前几个版本的一些特性。

  12. The film seems to be a throwback to the1970s .

    这部电影好像是对20世纪70年代的重现。

  13. Camille posts adorable throwback pictures with her mom as well .

    Camille也上传了她和妈妈一起拍的可爱的复古照。

  14. Yeah , so , first of all , it was interesting , you throwback to HP .

    你回首了惠普的往事,让我深有感触。

  15. The one they have here is a Soviet throwback and ultimately no match for conventional navies .

    这个是苏联时代旳产物,跟现在旳常规海军根本不配套。

  16. This might seem an unthinkable throwback .

    这看起来似乎是一种不可思议的倒退。

  17. Bernanke is a throwback to a more traditional Fed chairman : smart , dull and straightforward .

    伯南克代表着向一种更为传统美联储主席形象的回归:聪明、古板而坦率。

  18. Come on now , you ain 't hardly no throwback , caitlin .

    别这么说,你不会出丑,凯特琳。

  19. And yet , game elements aside , the film is almost a throwback , resembling the Indiana Jones movies .

    撇开游戏因素不说,该片几乎和印第安纳-琼斯电影如出一辙,算是穿越题材影片。

  20. The hastily assembled stimulus packages were a throwback to naive Keynesianism .

    而匆忙出台刺激计划,则是向幼稚的凯恩斯主义的大退步。

  21. Amazon is a throwback to the old style of capitalism , in which there was a trade-off .

    亚马逊回归到旧式的资本主义——有得必有失。

  22. This is a throwback Thursday that you posted .

    这是你在“复古周四”发的一张照片

  23. In another throwback , plans are afoot to create a " bad bank " for Dexia 's worst assets .

    又是一起复古事件,人们正在制定计划为德克夏的最差资产创建一个“不良债权”。

  24. Amy Schumer posted a throwback photo from her childhood in her \# WhyWeWearBlack post .

    艾米-舒默以#为什么我们穿黑色礼服的标签发贴,上传了一张儿时旧照。

  25. This multidisciplinary method is a throwback to a Modernist era when the lines between decorative art and fashion were more blurred .

    这种跨界做法回归到现代主义风格盛行的时代,当时装饰艺术与时尚之间的界限模糊不清。

  26. Nor is it just the film ; these throwback readers were out there in droves long before the movie campaign opened .

    这也不仅是因为电影。在《哈里·波特》电影开始宣传之前很久就已经有了成群结队的返老还童的读者。

  27. Call Me by Fire , the male equivalent of Sisters Who Make Waves offers fans throwbacks to " Meteor Garden " and more .

    “乘风破浪的姐姐们”的男版节目,“披荆斩棘的哥哥们”给粉丝们带来了“流星花园”还有其他节目的回忆杀。荆棘的

  28. A romantic throwback to earlier generations of Cossacks who settled and secured the borders of the Russian empire .

    他有一颗浪漫怀旧的心,想要重返早期哥萨克人定居并保卫俄罗斯帝国边疆的生活。

  29. The movie 's flashy cars and swooping furniture were throwbacks to an age of power , not impotence .

    那部电影中华丽的汽车和线条流畅的家具再次把我们带回一个充满力量的时代,而不是无能的时代。

  30. For the first time ever , all193 members of the United Nations have signed the traditional Olympic truce , a throwback to the ancient games .

    联合国193个成员国首次共同签署《奥林匹克休战协议》,该协议源自古代奥林匹克。