backwards是副词，为何这两个句子都是修饰名词?
The backwards motion is the anticipation, the throw itself is themotion.
Wars and conflicts in the region have put education in a backwardsmotion, Qatar's Sheikha Moza bint Nasser said in a major speech this week in Doha. 假如把它理解为表示方向的副词可以就是名词，那样它和表示方向的形容词是否一回事了？
backwards作形容词修饰名词，是从上个世纪60年代开始时尚的，现在用的人愈加多，主如果在英国。我有时在外媒会看到这种使用方法。当然不如backward更容易见到。因此，不少词典没网站收录这种使用方法，包含the Free Dictionary.
经查，柯林斯词典提供了有关讲解。https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/backwards
Backwards is also an adjective.
Without so much as a backwards glance, he steered her towards the car.
