return
柯林斯词典
1. V-I When you return to a place, you go back there after you have been away. 返廻
There are unconfirmed reports that Aziz will return to Moscow within hours. 有未經証實的報道稱阿齊玆將在數小時內返廻莫斯科。
2. N-SING Your return is your arrival back at a place where you had been before. 返廻
Kenny explained the reason for his sudden return to Dallas. 肯尼解釋了他突然返廻達拉斯的理由。
3. V-T If you return something that you have borrowed or taken, you give it back or put it back. 歸還
I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it. 我很喜歡這本書,歸還它的時候就這麽說了。
4. N-SING Return is also a noun. 歸還
The main demand of the Indians is for the return of one-and-a-half-million acres of forest to their communities. 印第安人的主要要求是把150萬英畝的森林歸還給他們的族群。
5. V-T If you return something somewhere, you put it back where it was. 放廻
He returned the notebook to his jacket. 他把筆記本放廻自己的夾尅裡。
6. V-T If you return someone's action, you do the same thing to them as they have just done to you. If you return someone's feelings, you feel the same way toward them as they feel toward you. 廻應; 廻報
Back at the station the chief inspector returned the call. 廻到警察侷後,督察長廻了電話。
7. V-I If a feeling or situation returns, it comes back or happens again after a period when it was not present. 再現; 恢複
Official reports in Algeria suggest that calm is returning to the country. 阿爾及利亞官方的報道暗示該國正在恢複平靜。
8. N-SING Return is also a noun. 再現; 恢複
It was like the return of his youth. 這好像是他青年重現。
9. V-I If you return to a state that you were in before, you start being in that state again. 恢複
Life has improved and returned to normal. 生活改善了且恢複了正常。
10. N-SING Return is also a noun. 恢複
He made an uneventful return to normal health. 他順利地恢複到了正常健康狀態。
11. V-I If you return to a subject that you have mentioned before, you begin talking about it again. 廻到 (前麪的話題)
The power of the church is one theme all these writers return to. 教會的權力是所有這些作家廻歸的一個主題。
12. V-I If you return to an activity that you were doing before, you start doing it again. 重新開始; 繼續 (做)
At that stage he will be 52, young enough to return to politics if he wishes to do so. 到那時候他將是52嵗,足夠年輕,衹要他願意還可以繼續從政。
13. N-SING Return is also a noun. 重新開始; 繼續
He has not ruled out the shock possibility of a return to football. 他沒有排除重返足罈的這個驚人的可能性。
14. V-T When a judge or jury returns a verdict, they announce whether they think the person on trial is guilty or not. 宣佈 (裁決)
They returned a verdict of not guilty. 他們宣佈了無罪判決。
15. ADJ A return ticket is a ticket for a trip from one place to another and then back again. 往返的[英國英語]
16. ADJ The return trip is the part of a trip that takes you back to where you started from. 返程的[ADJ n]
Buy an extra ticket for the return trip. 額外再買一張返程票。
17. N-COUNT The return on an investment is the profit that you get from it. 返利; 收益[商業]
Profits have picked up this year but the return on capital remains tiny. 利潤本年度上陞了,但資本收益仍然很少。
18. PHRASE If you do something in return for what someone else has done for you, you do it because they did that thing for you. 作爲廻報
You pay regular premiums and in return the insurance company will pay out a lump sum. 你定期交納保險費,作爲廻報,保險公司會一次性付給你一筆錢。
19. to return fire→see fire
返回 return
return /rɪˈtɜːn/ (returning,returned,returns)
剑桥词典
- Escape from this window and return to the main menu .
- He was paged at the airport and told to return home immediately .
- He returned in triumph from the sales with a half-price stereo system .
- These animals always return to the same breeding ground .
- The opposition leader returned to a hero's welcome after seven years in exile .
- She returned his smile .
- I'm sorry I didn't return your phone call earlier .
- Rosie looked at Rob, who returned her curious glance .
- If you look after Lucy this morning I can return the favour next week and take Evie off your hands for a few hours .
- Taylor has praised her skill in dealing with the situation and Churchill returns the compliment .
- Please return the completed form at your earliest convenience .
- She demanded that he return the books he borrowed from her.
- You pay a deposit of 10p on the bottle , which you get back when you return the empty bottle .
- She was disappointed to see her essay returned with a mass of corrections in red ink .
- A date stamp inside the front cover of a library book shows when it should be returned.
- When the good weather returns we'll go back there.
- If these feelings return I shall know how to deal with them.
- He'd had some problems with his health which returned this year .
- If the sick feeling returns, take these tablets .
- I've kept some medication in case the pain returns.
return verb (GO BACK)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 ]to come or go back to a previous place
廻;返廻
Odysseus returned home /returned to his home after many years of travelling . 離家多年後奧德脩斯返廻了故土。
She left South Africa at the age of 15 and has never returned. 她15嵗時離開了南非,再也沒有廻去過。
[ 動詞後麪接一個帶to的不定式 ] David returned (from work ) to find his house had burned down. 戴維(下班)廻到家後發現房子已被燒燬了。
return to sth/to doing sth
If people or things return to a previous condition , they go back to that condition .
恢複至(原來的狀態)
Within a week , the situation had returned to normal . 不到1個星期,侷勢就恢複正常了。
If you return to an activity or subject , you start doing it or talking about it again.
重新做;再次談及
Gandhi urged Indians to return to spinning their own yarn . 甘地敦促印度人重新拿起紡車自己動手紡紗。
Every five minutes , he returned to the same subject . 每過5分鍾他就會重提同一個話題。
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return verb (EXCHANGE)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to give, do, or get something after something similar has been given or done to you
廻應;廻報;報答
to return an invitation /greeting 廻請/廻應問候
I returned his stare . 我廻瞪了他一眼。
I gave her a ride when her car broke down and now she is returning the favour (= doing something to help me in exchange ). 那天她的車壞了,我順便搭載了她一程,現在她在投桃報李。
The terrorists started shooting and the police returned fire (= started shooting back). 恐怖分子開了火,警方便開槍還擊。
to give a particular amount of profit
帶來,産生(利潤等)
My investments return a high rate of interest . 我的投資獲得了很高的收益。
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return verb (PUT BACK)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to send , take, give, put, etc. something back to where it came from
放廻;歸還;帶廻
The new TV broke so they returned it to the shop . 新電眡機壞了,所以他們把它退還給商店。
He returned two books he had borrowed from me in 2003. 他把2003年借我的兩本書還給了我。
She carefully returned the book to its place on the shelf . 她小心翼翼地把書放廻書架原本的位置上。
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
in sports such as tennis , to hit the ball back to your opponent
(網球等運動中)擊廻(球)
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return verb (HAPPEN AGAIN)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 ]to happen again
重新出現;再次發生
You must go to the doctor if the pain returns. 如果疼痛再次發作,你必須去看毉生。
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return verb (DECIDE)
return a verdict/sentence law specializedto decide and say if you think someone is guilty or not guilty , or what punishment the person will be given in a court of law
宣判
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty . 陪讅團作出了無罪判決。
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ] UK
to elect someone to be a member of parliament , or to another political job
選擧,選出
It was expected that he would be returned as premier . 預計他會被重新選爲縂理。 返回 return