retarded

in Vietnamese Trí tuệ chậm phát triển, thiểu năng trí tuệ

BrE /ˈrɛtərəd/ AmE /ˈrɛtərd/

adjective en → vi

1 MENTALLY DISABLED [attributive / predicative] B2

Trí tuệ chậm phát triển, thiểu năng trí tuệ

having a mental disability that causes you to develop more slowly than other people of your age and limits your ability to think, learn, etc.

  • sb is retarded

Collocations mentally retarded person

  • He was born mentally retarded.

    Anh ấy sinh ra đã bị thiểu năng trí tuệ.

2 DELAYED [attributive / predicative] C1

Trì trệ, chậm tiến triển

developing more slowly than usual or expected, especially because of a delay in the process of development

  • sb/sth is retarded

Collocations retarded growth · retarded development

  • The project has been seriously retarded by the lack of funding.

    Dự án đã bị đình trệ nghiêm trọng do thiếu vốn.