regress1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈriɡrɛs]
	      			DJ: [ˈriːɡrеs]
  
 
  
    
regress2
  
  
	      			KK: [rɪˈɡrɛs]
	      			DJ: [riˈɡrеs]
  
  衍生
  
    n. [U]
    regression
    a.
    regressive
   
  辨析
  
 
  v.
  
/
rɪˈgrɛs/
  
- return to a former state. 
▸return mentally to a former stage of life or a supposed previous life.
 - Statistics  calculate the regression of.
 
n.
  
/
ˈriːgrɛs/
  
- the action of regressing.
 - Philosophy  a series of statements in which a logical procedure is continually reapplied to its own result without approaching a useful conclusion.
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from L. regressus, from regredi ‘go back, return’.