throwback

US [ˈθroʊˌbæk]
UK [ˈθrəʊˌbæk]
  • n.返祖者；返祖型的东西
  • Web复古队服；掷回；返祖现象
Plural Form：throwbacks  

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Throwback
n.
1.
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~ (to sth)
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。

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1.
He was a throwback to the Victorian era when it was thought moral decay had to be combated by a regime of fitness for the mind and body.
他是维多利亚时代的一个大逆转，那个时候普遍认为道德沦丧必须靠强健的身体素质和心理素质来改变。
tā shì wéi duō lì yà shí dài de yī gè dà nì zhuǎn , nà ge shí hou pǔ biàn rèn wéi dào dé lún sàng bì xū kào qiáng jiàn de shēn tǐ sù zhì hé xīn lǐ sù zhì lái gǎi biàn 。
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2.
He's not a populist at all. He's sort of a typical throwback to the Japanese prime minister of yore, the faceless grey suits.
他一点也不受欢迎，他有点像是退回到传统典型的日本首相，面无表情地身着灰色西装。
tā yì diǎn yě bù shòu huān yíng , tā yǒu diǎn xiàng shì tuì huí dào chuán tǒng diǎn xíng de rì běn shǒu xiàng , miàn wú biǎo qíng de shēn zhuó huī sè xī zhuāng 。
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3.
TAKING your hat off at the door may seem like a throwback to a more genteel age.
进门脱帽的礼节仿佛让时光倒流，一下子回到了彬彬有礼的年代。
jìn mén tuō mào de lǐ jié fǎng fú ràng shí guāng dào liú , yí xià zi huí dào le bīn bīn yǒu lǐ de nián dài 。
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4.
The use of illegals, of the type rounded up in the United States, is an old KGB throwback that traces to the Stalin era.
在美国植入“非法移民”，这是克格勃的老把戏了，可以追溯到斯大林时代。
zài měi guó zhí rù " fēi fǎ yí mín " , zhè shì kè gé bó de lǎo bǎ xì le , kě yǐ zhuī sù dào sī dà lín shí dài 。
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5.
This response, I now think, was a throwback to an earlier age of the hunter-gatherer.
我现在认为，这种反应是向狩猎采集时代的倒退。
wǒ xiàn zài rèn wéi , zhè zhǒng fǎn yìng shì xiàng shòu liè cǎi jí shí dài de dào tuì 。
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6.
The device was a throwback to the early days of AOL and its walled garden alternative to the internet, he lamented.
他沉痛写道，iPad是向早期的美国在线（AOL）时代的倒退，是在用“带有围墙的花园”取代互联网。
tā chén tòng xiě dào , iPad shì xiàng zǎo qī de měi guó zài xiàn ( AOL ) shí dài de dào tuì , shì zài yòng " dài yǒu wéi qiáng de huā yuán " qǔ dài hù lián wǎng 。
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7.
Bernanke is a throwback to a more traditional Fed chairman : smart , dull and straightforward . He has had no crisis to deal with .
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。他没有处理过任何危机。
bó nán kè dài biǎo zhe xiàng yī zhǒng gèng wéi chuán tǒng měi lián chǔ zhǔ xí xíng xiàng de huí guī : cōng míng 、 gǔ bǎn ér tǎn shuài 。 tā méi yǒu chǔ lǐ guò rèn hé wēi jī 。
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8.
My personal favorite are burpees, which I still like to call squat thrusts, a throwback to my elementary school gym class days.
我个人最喜欢的运动时burpees，因为我仍然喜欢蹲起练习，仿佛回到了我小学体育课的日子。
wǒ gè rén zuì xǐ huan de yùn dòng shí burpees , yīn wèi wǒ réng rán xǐ huan dūn qǐ liàn xí , fǎng fú huí dào le wǒ xiǎo xué tǐ yù kè de rì zǐ 。
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9.
I accepted Hogwarts as a throwback British boarding school , the kind that some of us escaped from, screaming, 40 years ago .
我承认，霍格沃茨是那种久远的英国寄宿制学校，是我们中的一些人40年前尖叫着逃离的那种学校。
wǒ chéng rèn , huò gé wò cí shì nà zhǒng jiǔ yuǎn de yīng guó jì sù zhì xué xiào , shì wǒ men zhōng de yì xiē rén sì shí nián qián jiān jiào zhe táo lí de nà zhǒng xué xiào 。
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10.
Eg. Be a sort of throwback to the victorian age, she will not go against her old dad's wish.
她有点像维多利亚时代的女性，不肯违背自己老父的意愿。
tā yǒu diǎn xiàng wéi duō lì yà shí dài de nǚ xìng , bù kěn wéi bèi zì jǐ lǎo fù de yì yuàn 。
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