Translation

• to do less well than before
• to make a concession
• setback
• backward step
• leeway
• room to maneuver
• fallback

Synonyms

• 后步
• 倒退, 后退, 向下, 开倒车, 掉队, 江河日下, 滑坡, 滞后, 落伍, 落后, 走下坡路, 退化

Examples

• 社会不是在进步，而是在退步。
  Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.