bring back

phrasal verbphr v

a) bring something ↔ backSTART something/MAKE something START to start to use something again that was used in the past 再次使用，恢复〔某事物〕 SYN reintroduce

The city council has decided to bring back the old electric trams.

市政会决定恢复运营老式电车。

Bringing back the death penalty has done absolutely nothing to reduce crime.

恢复死刑对减少犯罪根本无济于事。

b) bring something ↔ backREMEMBER to make you remember something 使想起某事，使回忆起某事

The trip brought back a lot of happy memories.

这次旅行唤起了许多美好的回忆。

Seeing those pictures on TV brought it all back to me.

看到电视上的那些画面，我想起了过去的一切。

c) bring something ↔ backTAKE/BRING to take something or someone with you when you come back from somewhere 带某物回来

bring something back for somebody

Don’t forget to bring something back for the kids.

别忘了给孩子们带点东西回来。

bring somebody back something

If you’re going to the store, could you bring me back a six-pack?

你如果去商店，帮我带一提六罐装的啤酒回来好吗？

d) bring somebody ↔ back to return someone to their previous job or position of authority 使重返岗位，使恢复原职 SYN reinstate

Following their latest defeat, soccer fans are urging the club to bring back the former manager.

球队最近一次比赛失利以后，球迷们就敦促俱乐部把前任主教练请回来。

e) bring somebody back to somethingINTRODUCE if something that is said brings you back to a particular subject, it is connected with that subject, so you will start talking about it again 使某人回到某个话题

This brings us back to the question of funding.

这又使我们回到了资金的问题上。

Examples from the Corpus

bring back• Macnab brought back a favourable reply from Berlin on 21 August.• But when I go to Dakar I won't just bring back broken shoes.• Some of those applications will be brought back by some people for assistance when they meet next Monday night.• They're talking about bringing back formal grammar teaching.• Bridges is a scientist working on dirt samples brought back from a Mars expedition.• Mrs Ali will bring you back from school today.• Why don't you bring Barbara back here?• We're going to bring back some beer with us -- do you want anything else?• They brought back some lovely cheese from France.• Do you think they should bring back the death penalty?• When can you bring back those books I lent you?• His solicitors were only told at 9am he was being brought back to court.• Thanks -- I promise I'll bring it back tomorrow.• I was going to ask if you could bring that pair of jeans back with you.

brought it all back• Hayling's invitation had brought it all back.• Talking to Leo had brought it all back, the hurt, the desperation, the painful break with her family.• She was sexually assaulted as a child and the recent publicity had brought it all back to her.

bring somebody back something• My dad brought me back a T-shirt from New York.

bring somebody back to something• She brings the papers back to her office and shuts the door.• He had felt ashamed the first time he put it on: it brought him back to his ugliness.• Polishing with a soft cloth will bring the surface back to life.• We must bring that cup back to Oxfordshire.• Which brings us back to red wine.• This brings us back to the expressive order.• Food brought me back to the human face.• Which brings us back to why this period is one of some urgency.

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