come back

phrasal verbphr v

a) to return to a particular place or person 回來 SYN return

My mother was scared that if I left home I’d never come back.

我母親擔心如果我離開家就再也不會回來了。

Ginny’s left me, and there’s nothing I can do to persuade her to come back.

金尼離開了我，我怎麽也無法勸她回來。

b) FASHIONABLEto become fashionable or popular again 再度流行 → comeback

Who’d have thought hippy gear would ever come back!

誰能想到嬉皮士風格的服裝還會重新流行起來呢！

High heels are coming back into fashion.

高跟鞋又開始流行起來了。

c) to appear or start to affect someone or something again 重新出現；恢複 SYN return

The pain in her arm came back again.

她的手臂又開始痛起來了。

It took a while for my confidence to come back.

過了一段時間我才恢複自信。

d) REMEMBERif something comes back to you, you remember it or remember how to do it 恢複記憶，回想起來

As I walked the city streets, the memories came flooding back.

我走在城市的街道上，那些記憶又湧上心頭。

I can’t think of her name at the moment, but it’ll come back to me.

此刻我想不起她的名字，但我會回憶起來的。

e) CRITICIZEto reply to someone quickly, often in an angry or unkind way 回嘴，反駁，駁斥 → comeback

He came back at me immediately, accusing me of being a liar.

他立刻對我反唇相譏，罵我是騙子。

Examples from the Corpus

come back• Rachel's left me, and I don't think she'll ever come back.• Whoever left the gloves will probably come back for them tomorrow.• He's just come back from a vacation in Miami.• Despite this, 93.1% said they come back from holiday feeling refreshed and relaxed.• After a while Clarisa came back in with her bag and made a nest for herself on the couch.• They would come back on leave and wear their scarlet tunics in the dale.• She didn't come back right away because the phone rang.• They put an intern on it, and in traditional governmental fashion an answer came back three years later.• When will you be coming back to London?• So the fox sat down by him and chatted until the young lord came back with a stag which he had shot.

come to• I can't think of the title at the moment, but it'll come back to me.• If you can remember all that, I'm sure the rest will come back to you.

→ come back at come1(PHRASAL VERB)