come back

phrasal verbphr v

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

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

我母亲担心如果我离开家就再也不会回来了。

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

金尼离开了我，我怎么也无法劝她回来。

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

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

谁能想到嬉皮士风格的服装还会重新流行起来呢！

High heels are coming back into fashion.

高跟鞋又开始流行起来了。

c) to appear or start to affect someone or something again 重新出现；恢复 SYN return

The pain in her arm came back again.

她的手臂又开始痛起来了。

It took a while for my confidence to come back.

过了一段时间我才恢复自信。

d) REMEMBERif something comes back to you, you remember it or remember how to do it 恢复记忆，回想起来

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

我走在城市的街道上，那些记忆又涌上心头。

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，但我会回忆起来的。

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

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

他立刻对我反唇相讥，骂我是骗子。

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)

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