get back

phrasal verbphr v

a) RETURNreturn 回到 to return to a place 回来，回到某地

I’ll talk to you when I get back.

我回来再和你谈。

He got back to the office just before lunchtime.

他回到办公室的时候正好快要吃午饭了。

b) CONTINUE/START AGAINdo STH again 再次做某事 to start doing something again or talking about something again 回到〔某事上〕

Let’s get back to the main point of the discussion.

我们还是回到讨论的要点吧。

Well, I must get back to work.

好啦，我得回去干活了。

into

Have you ever thought about getting back into teaching?

你有没有想过再去教书？

c) be in a state again 回到某种状态 to change to a previous state or condition again 回到〔以前的状态〕

Life was beginning to get back to normal.

生活开始恢复正常了。

I couldn’t get back to sleep.

我再也睡不着了。

together

Do you think they’ll get back together (=start having a relationship again)?

你说他们还能和好如初吗？

d) GIVEget STH again 拿回某物 get something ↔ back to get something again after you have lost it or someone else has taken it 找回某物，拿回某物

Did you get your books back?

你的书拿回来了吗？

e) punish SB 惩罚某人 get somebody back informalREVENGE to do something to hurt or harm someone who has hurt or harmed you 报复某人

get somebody back for

I’ll get you back for this!

这事我会找你算账的！

Examples from the Corpus

get back• Besides, Frank and Charlie will get back.• But just once - it was to be the last time - we did get back.• So she spends a good part of the movie getting back at everyone for ostracizing her.• He got back in the car against the advice of friends, family and doctors.• He pulls away, past me, like a shark impatient to get back into the swim of things.• But she would be relieved to get back to her own bright flat again, going about her normal Saturday chores.• Thanks for getting back to me.• It was a short-term solution to try to get back to winning things.

get to• We have to really get back to dealing with each other as partners.• The author just got back to her adopted city of Tucson after a three-month book tour.• Now, all he wanted was to get back to his typewriter and put them on paper before they faded.• She's promised to get back to me as soon as she hears any more news from the hospital.• I was told they would look into my case and get back to me.• He got back to normal in no time.• You never got back to running, huh, Bern?• But now he's awake and he can't get back to sleep.• When we got back to the boardinghouse, Frank seemed to assume that we would both sleep in his room.• Tell you what, let me talk it over with the guys and I'll get back to you.

get to• We have to really get back to dealing with each other as partners.• The author just got back to her adopted city of Tucson after a three-month book tour.• Now, all he wanted was to get back to his typewriter and put them on paper before they faded.• I was told they would look into my case and get back to me.• He got back to normal in no time.• You never got back to running, huh, Bern?• But now he's awake and he can't get back to sleep.• When we got back to the boardinghouse, Frank seemed to assume that we would both sleep in his room.