EXCHANGEas payment or reward for something 作为(某事物的)报酬;作为(某事物的)回报
He is always helping people without expecting anything in return.
他一直在不求任何回报地帮助他人。
We offer an excellent all-round education to our students. In return, we expect students to work hard.
我们向学生提供优质全面的教育,同时也希望学生努力学习。
Liz agreed to look after the baby in return for a free room.
利兹同意照看婴儿,条件是要有一间免费房间。
Examples from the Corpus
in return (for something)• In return he performedclerical work for the secretaries themselves.• In return, I described my discovery of Weimar's system for naming streets when I had visited it a few years earlier.• In return, Snyder and his friends would leave the schoolyard and end their fast.• For that $ 110 million, the taxpayers have gotten little in return in terms of lasting criminalconvictions.• She gave us food and clothing and asked for nothing in return.• Navy officials reduced the punishmentin return for his cooperation.• The Tryons, in return, have frequently joined him for some fishing at Balmoral.• It was remarkable just how little violence there was in return.• Herndon says she does not need a thank-youin return.• Fine, I want X, Y and Zin return.