return

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n.

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1. VERB 返回,回到(出发地) When you return to a place, you go back there after you have been away. 
  • Blair will return to London tonight...

    今晚布莱尔将返回伦敦。

  • Our correspondent Stephen Sackur has just returned from the camps on the border...

    我们的通讯记者斯蒂芬·萨克刚从边境的营地回来。

  • So far more than 350,000 people have returned home.

    迄今已有35万多人返回了家园。

2. N-SING 返回;回来 Your return is your arrival back at a place where you had been before. 
  • Ryle explained the reason for his sudden return to London.

    赖尔解释了他突然返回伦敦的原因。

3. VERB 归还;退还 If you return something that you have borrowed or taken, you give it back or put it back. 
  • I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it...

    我喜欢这本书,并且在还书时也这样说了。

  • The car was not returned on time, then was reported stolen.

    这辆车没有按时归还,然后就报失了。

  • Return is also a noun.
    • 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将150万英亩的森林归还给他们族群。

4. VERB 放回;把…放到原处 If you return something somewhere, you put it back where it was. 
  • He returned the notebook to his jacket.

    他把笔记本放回到他的夹克里。

5. VERB 回应,回报(行为或感情) 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 feeling, you feel the same way towards them as they feel towards you. 
  • Back at the station the Chief Inspector returned the call...

    探长回到警察局后回了电话。

  • She will be disappointed if her feelings are not returned.

    如果她的感情得不到回报,她会感到非常失望。

6. VERB (感觉或情况)重新出现,恢复 If a feeling or situation returns, it comes back or happens again after a period when it was not present. 
  • Official reports in Algeria suggest that calm is returning to the country...

    阿尔及利亚的官方报告表明这个国家正在恢复往日的平静。

  • The pain returned in waves.

    疼痛又如潮水般阵阵袭来。

  • Return is also a noun.
    • It was like the return of his youth.

      他似乎又回到了年轻时代。

7. VERB 恢复,回到(原来的状态) If you return to a state that you were in before, you start being in that state again. 
  • Life has improved and returned to normal.

    生活已经改善并恢复了正常。

  • Return is also a noun.
    • He made an uneventful return to normal health...

      他的身体顺利康复了。

    • The opposition now fears a return to martial rule.

      现在反对派害怕恢复军事统治。

8. VERB 回到(某个话题) If you return to a subject that you have mentioned before, you begin talking about it again. 
  • The power of the Church is one theme all these writers return to.

    所有这些作家都回归到了教会权力这个主题上。

9. VERB 重新开始,继续(某项活动) If you return to an activity that you were doing before, you start doing it again. 
  • At that stage he will be 52, young enough to return to politics if he wishes to do so.

    那时他将会是52岁,还很年轻,如果他希望的话,仍可重返政坛。

  • Return is also a noun.
    • He has not ruled out the shock possibility of a return to football.

      他没有排除有一天会出惊人决定重返足坛。

10. VERB 宣布(裁决) When a judge or jury returns a verdict, they announce whether they think the person on trial is guilty or not. 
  • They returned a verdict of not guilty.

    他们宣布了无罪的判决。

11. ADJ See also: day return; (票)双程的,往返的 A return ticket is a ticket for a journey from one place to another and then back again. 
  • He bought a return ticket and boarded the next train for home.

    他买了往返票,并登上了下一趟回家的火车。

  • Return is also a noun.
    • BA and Air France charge more than £400 for a return to Nice.

      英国航空公司和法国航空公司去尼斯的往返票价为400多英镑。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用round trip
12. ADJ (旅途)返回的,返程的 The return trip or journey is the part of a journey that takes you back to where you started from. 
  • Buy an extra ticket for the return trip.

    多买一张返程票。

13. N-COUNT 利润;回报;收益 The return on an investment is the profit that you get from it. 
  • Profits have picked up this year but the return on capital remains tiny...

    今年的利润已经回升,但是资本收益仍然很少。

  • Higher returns and higher risk usually go hand in hand.

    更高的收益通常伴随着更高的风险。

14. N-COUNT See also: tax return; (纳税)申报表,申报单 A tax return is an official form that you fill in with details about your income and personal situation, so that the income tax you owe can be calculated. 
  • He was convicted of filing false income tax returns...

    他因为在纳税申报表上作假而被定罪。

  • Anyone with slight complications in their tax affairs is likely to be asked to fill in a return.

    任何在税务方面情况稍微复杂的人都可能要填写税收申报表。

15. N-PLURAL (选举)结果 Returns are the results of votes after an election. 
  • Early returns show Bulgaria's opposition party may have won.

    早期的选举结果表明保加利亚的反对党可能已获胜。

16. CONVENTION (生日祝词)生日快乐,长命百岁 When it is someone's birthday, people sometimes say 'Many happy returns' to them as a way of greeting them. 
17. PHRASE 作为回报;作为交换 If you do something in return for what someone else has done for you, you do it because they did that thing for you. 
  • You pay regular premiums and in return the insurance company will pay out a lump sum.

    你定期支付保险费,而保险公司则会一次性给你一笔钱作为回报。

  • The deal offers an increase in policy value in return for giving up guarantees.

    作为放弃担保的交换,这笔交易将提高保单价值。

18. PHRASE 不能回头的地步;无路可退 If you say that you have reached the point of no return, you mean that you now have to continue with what you are doing and it is too late to stop. 
  • The release of Mr Nelson Mandela marked the point of no return in South Africa's movement away from apartheid.

    纳尔逊·曼德拉先生的释放标志着南非种族隔离政策一去不复返。

19.   to return fire→see: fire
Noun

1. document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability;

  • "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"

2. a coming to or returning home;

  • "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"

3. the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

4. getting something back again;

  • "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"

5. the act of returning to a prior location;

  • "they set out on their return to the base camp"

6. the income arising from land or other property;

  • "the average return was about 5%"

7. happening again (especially at regular intervals);

  • "the return of spring"

8. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);

  • "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

9. the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

10. a reciprocal group action;

  • "in return we gave them as good as we got"

11. a tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player;

  • "he won the point on a cross-court return"

12. (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

13. the act of someone appearing again;

  • "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
Verb

1. come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity

2. give back;

  • "render money"

3. go back to a previous state;

  • "We reverted to the old rules"

4. go back to something earlier;

  • "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

5. bring back to the point of departure

6. return in kind;

  • "return a compliment"
  • "return her love"

7. make a return;

  • "return a kickback"

8. answer back

9. be restored;

  • "Her old vigor returned"

10. pay back;

  • "Please refund me my money"

11. pass down;

  • "render a verdict"
  • "deliver a judgment"

12. elect again

13. be inherited by;

  • "The estate fell to my sister"
  • "The land returned to the family"
  • "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"

14. return to a previous position; in mathematics;

  • "The point returned to the interior of the figure"

15. give or supply;

  • "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"
  • "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"
  • "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

16. submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority;

  • "submit a bill to a legislative body"

体育

  • 1.回球道

机械

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  • 1.返回
  • 2.退刀后,加工工具或工件回到加工前位置的过程。

法律

  • 1.退还
  • 2.选举
  • 3.退货
  • 4.返还
  • 5.追缴

电力

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  • 1.回油式喷油嘴
  • 2.return flow type oil atomizer

航天

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  • 1.返回

计算机

  • 1.返回(操作,值),回车[送][RET]
1. A complete return to normality may take weeks.
完全恢复正常状态可能需要多个星期。

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2. After 18 years in Congress, he intented to return to private life.
在国会供职18年后,他打算告老还乡。

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3. After Jane had been living apart from Fair for six months, she decided to return to him.
简和费尔分居六个月后就决定回到他身边。

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4. After the flood there was a slow return to normality.
水灾后,情况慢慢恢复正常。

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5. An interval of a year elapsed before we were able to return.
隔了一年我们才得以返回。

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6. As darkness closed about them,they decided to return home.
当夜幕降临时,他们决定回家。

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7. Brushing away her tears, she promised to return.
她抹掉泪珠,答应回来。

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8. But to return, they didn't get married in the end.
言归正传,他们最后并没有结婚。

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9. Enclosed is our contract No. 345 in duplicate, of which please return us one copy, duly countersign.
随函附上我方第345号合同一式两分,请会签并回寄一份。

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10. Flowers fall off [will die], do what one may. Swallows return, no strangers they.
无可奈何花落去,似曾相识燕归来。

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11. Fourthly, to return to the youth movement.
第四,我再讲到青年运动。

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12. Go and return quickly.
速去速回。

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13. Go on and take your coffee break.I'll cover for you until you return.
你去喝咖啡吧,你回来前我会代替你。

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14. Good-bye,old chap,I'll see you on my return.
再见吧,老伙计,等我回来再见面。

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15. He did not return till ten o'clock.
顶10点他才回来。

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16. He didn't even return my greeting.
他甚至不答理我。

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17. He didn't return till ten o'clock.
他到十点才回来。

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18. He rode a shipment of machines in the truck on his return trip.
他开卡车回来的时候搭运了一批机器。

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19. He sent her off a telegram announcing his immediate return to Queenstown.
他给她发出一份电报,说他立即返回昆斯敦。

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20. He sent me a return present.
他给我送了回礼。

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