1retrace your steps/path/route etcto go back exactly the way you have come 顺原路返回,折返
After a few minutes, he turned around and began to retrace his steps.
几分钟后,他转身顺着原路返回。
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retrace your steps/path/route etc• Frankie forgot the eggs and hurriedly retraced his steps.• He kept walking; there was little point in making them suspicious by turning round and retracing his steps.• It's an easy walk which can be extended as far as you wish without having to retrace your steps.• There are severalpossibleroutes to choose - tryretracing your steps as far as Suileag.• It is best to retrace your steps for the returnjourney.• As he retraced his steps of the past day avoidingstreets and roads, he stayedalert to the sounds around him.• Ellsworth, who had gone ahead, retraced his steps to shepherd the two through.
2AGAINto repeat exactly the same journey that someone else has made 重走〔别人走过的旅程〕
We shall be retracing the route taken by Marco Polo.
我们将重走马可·波罗走过的路线。
3FIND OUTto find out where someone went 追查〔某人的行迹〕
an investigation to retrace the dead man’s last known movements
弄清死者最后行踪的调查
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retrace• As he retraced his steps of the past day avoidingstreets and roads, he stayedalert to the sounds around him.• At the bottom end he could go no further, and so retraced his steps.• In the soft evening light, I retraced my steps back to town, soothed by the songs of blackbirds and chaffinches.• They moved on quickly, for they would have to retrace part of their way to make Ivrigar before nightfall.• Shiona gathered up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom, her mindretracing the events of the night.• I parked at Ala Wai School, retracing the path from the playground through the park toward the canal.• Riders can retrace the trail taken by Chief Big Foot to the battlesite.• For weeks he layflat in his canoe while friends retraced their way back with him to Lake Michigan.