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ldoce_745_zre·turn1 /rɪˈtɜːn $ -ɜːrn/ S2 W1 verb

1 go back 回來 [intransitiveI]RETURN to go or come back to a place where you were before 返回，回來，回去 SYN go back, come back

It was forty five minutes before she returned.

過了45分鐘她才回來。

return to

Are you planning to return to Spain?

你打算回西班牙嗎？

return from

I have just returned from five months in Zimbabwe.

我在津巴布韋待了五個月，剛剛回來。

Alison decided to return home.

艾利森決定回家。

He left his country, never to return.

他離開了祖國，一去不複返。

n Register

In everyday English, people usually say come back (=return to the place where the speaker is) or go back (=return to a different place from where the speaker is), rather than return:

It was forty five minutes before she came back.

過了45分鐘她才回來。

Are you planning to go back to Spain?

你打算回西班牙嗎？

2 give back 歸還 [transitiveT]GIVE to give or send something back, or to put something back in its place 歸還，退還；把…放回原處 SYN give back, put back

return something to something/somebody

Carson returned the notebook to his pocket.

卡森把筆記本放回口袋。

I returned the books to the library unread.

這些書我沒看就還給了圖書館。

Please complete the enclosed application form and return it in the envelope attached.

請填好随信所附的申請表並用所附信封寄回。

In everyday English, people usually say that they take something back, put it back, or bring it back, rather than return it: 在日常英語中，表示送回、放回或拿回，人們一般說take back, put back或bring back，而不說return

He put the key back in his pocket.

他把鑰匙放回口袋。

Did you take the books back to the library?

你把書還回圖書館了嗎？

3 feeling/situation 感覺/情況 [intransitiveI]START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETC if a feeling, situation etc returns, it starts to exist or happen again 重新出現 SYN come back

If the pain returns, take two of the tablets with some water.

如果疼痛再次出現，就用水吞服兩片藥。

David could feel his anger returning.

戴維感覺自己的怒氣又上來了。

return to

when peace finally returns to this country

當這個國家終於恢複和平時

n Register

In everyday English, people usually say that a feeling comes back rather than returns:

I’m worried that the pain will come back.

4 do the same 做相同的事 [transitiveT]DOGIVE to do something to someone because they have done the same thing to you 〔以相同的東西〕回報

He smiled at her warmly and she returned his smile.

他朝她熱情地笑着，她也回報以熱情的微笑。

I phoned him twice on Friday and left messages, but he never returned my call (=he didn’t phone me).

我星期五給他打了兩次電話，還留了言，但他根本沒有給我回電話。

Thanks very much. I’ll return the favour (=do something to help you) some day.

非常感謝，總有一天我會報答你的。

The police did not return fire (=shoot back at someone who shot at them).

警察沒有開槍還擊。

5 answer 回答 [transitiveT] written to answer someone 回答

‘Yes, ’ he returned. ‘I’m a lucky man.’

“是的。”他回答道， “我是個幸運的人。”

6. ball 球 [transitiveT]DS to hit the ball back to your opponent in a game such as tennis 〔網球等比賽中〕回擊，擊回

7 elect 選舉 [transitiveT] British EnglishBrEPPV to elect someone to a political position, especially to represent you in parliament 選舉，推選〔尤指議會議員〕

be returned to something

Yeo was returned to Parliament with an increased majority.

約以更大的票數優勢當選議會議員。

be returned as something

At the election, she was returned as MP for Brighton.

在這次選舉中，她當選爲代表布賴頓市的下議院議員。

8. return a verdict SCTwhen a jury return their verdict, they say whether someone is guilty or not 〔陪審團〕宣布裁決

Examples from the Corpus

return a verdict• On May 17,1980, the jury returned a verdict acquitting the officers on all charges.• The jury found that the agreement was made and returned a verdict for the plaintiff, awarding damages of £500.• A jury has returned a verdict of accidental death on the children who died at the barracks where their father was stationed.• The jury did retire, for several minutes, before returning a verdict of guilty as charged.• The jury took twenty minutes to return a verdict of guilty.• He directed the jury to return verdicts of not guilty, which they did.• Taking into account the thundering magnificence of your new single, the jury must grudgingly return a verdict of not guilty.

9 profit 利潤 [transitiveT]BF to make a profit 産生〔利潤〕

The group returned increased profits last year.

該集團去年獲得了更高的利潤。

10 return to something phrasal verbphr v

a) to change back to a previous state or situation, or to change something back （使）回複原狀

David waited for a moment to let his breathing return to normal.

戴維等了一會兒，讓呼吸恢複正常。

return something to something

The new chairman made the cuts necessary to return the company to profitability.

新任董事長作了必要的開支削減，以使公司恢複赢利。

b) to start doing an activity, job etc that you were doing before you stopped or were interrupted 繼續，重新做〔某事〕 SYN go back

Nicholas looked up, grinned, then returned to his newspaper.

尼古拉斯擡起頭，咧嘴笑了笑，然後繼續看他的報紙。

The children return to school next week.

孩子下星期開學。

Ellie needed to return to work soon after the birth.

埃莉生下孩子後需要馬上回去上班。

c) formal to start discussing or dealing with a subject that you have already mentioned 再討論，重新處理〔某個主題〕

I will return to this problem in a moment.

我馬上就會再談這個問題。

Examples from the Corpus

return to normal• After several months of therapy with a uricosuric agent, the tissue stores are dePleted and urinary uric acid returns to normal.• Dreman knew this was an anomaly and, sure enough, the interest rate picture returned to normal.• His colour had returned to normal.• Some were wounded; others so damaged by their experiences that it would take years to return to normal.• Withdrawal symptoms then typically taper off, but it usually takes a full week for a return to normal.• As soon as we stop exerting ourselves the blood pressure returns to normal again.• Life has returned to normal, more or less.• Longer-term solutions would include restoring the damaged relationships within the unit so that there is a return to normal working conditions.

return to work• But as long as he continued to undergo treatment, David believed he could fend off Pamela and the need to return to work.• It was almost eight years before I could consider a return to work.• The Solidarity leader Lech Walesa also appealed for a return to work.• When will workers return to work?• Yeltsin was anxious to return to work after his bout with pneumonia.• The financial benefits gained in terms of productivity and maintaining an occupational income by returning to work are clear.• She returned to work, but again, she said delusional thoughts were getting in the way.• Twenty factories obeying Yeltsin's strike call were asked to return to work by Sobchak.

n GRAMMAR: Patterns with return

You return to a place:

The writer returned to his home town many years later.

Hardy returned to his house in the country.

✗Don’t say: The writer returned his home town. | Hardy returned his house.

You return home:

When she returned home that night, there was a letter for her.

✗Don’t say: when she returned to home

n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 4: to do something to someone because they have done the same thing to you

nouns

return somebody’s call (=phone someone who phoned you)

I left a message but he hasn't returned my call.

return somebody’s gaze/stare

She kept her eyes fixed on the floor, refusing to return his gaze.

return somebody’s smile

Mark returned her smile.

return somebody’s love/feelings (=love someone who loves you)

Sadly, she could never return his love.

return the favour (=help someone who helped you)

Thanks a lot. I hope I'll be able to return the favour.

return fire (=shoot back at someone)

One plane opened fire on the American aircraft, which immediately returned fire.

THESAURUS

return to go back or come back to a place where you were before. Return sounds more formal than go back or come back, and is more commonly used in written English 返回，回來，回去〔return聽上去比go back和come back正式，更常用於英語書面語〕

She returned to the hotel hoping to find a message.

她回到酒店，希望會有留言。

Alastair returned from the office late that night.

那天晚上阿拉斯泰爾很晚才從辦公室回來。

nOn Friday, I returned home around six o'clock.

go back to go to the place where you were before, or to the place where you usually live 回去

It’s cold out here – shall we go back inside?

外面冷，我們回屋去好嗎？

When are you going back to Japan?

你什麽時候回日本？

go home to go to your home again, or to the country where you were born, after you have been away from it 回家[鄉]

I did a bit of shopping and then went home.

我買了點東西，然後回家。

Are you going home to Hong Kong when the course finishes?

課程結束後你會回香港嗎？

come back to come to the place where you are again, after going away from it 回來

I’ll be away for two days – coming back on Thursday night.

我要出去兩天，星期四晚上回來。

He’s just come back from a vacation in Miami.

他剛從邁阿密度假回來。

get back to arrive somewhere where you were before, especially your home or the place where you are staying 返回〔尤指家或住處〕

We got back at about 9 o'clock.

我們9點左右回來的。

She couldn’t wait to get back to London.

她等不及要回倫敦了。

turn back to turn around and go back in the direction you came from 轉身回去

We took the wrong road and had to turn back.

我們走錯了路，只得掉頭回去。

He ordered the soldiers to turn back and march south.

他命令士兵調轉方向，往南行進。

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Examples from the Corpus

return• It was a bright, hot day when she returned.• Juries represent the racial attitudes of the communities from which they came and to which they will return.• Their investment list returned a profit of 34% last year.• You must return all your library books before the end of the year.• Only 96 Conservative MPs were returned at the last election.• Alastair returned from the office late that night.• As the soldiers returned home, their wives had to readjust to living with them again.• He returned in the early 1970s and went into business.• And if you don't like your purchase, you can return it for a refund.• If there is a problem with the computer, you can return it to the store.• Twenty minutes later he returned, shaking his head in a universal gesture.• If the pain returns, take two of the tablets every four hours.• Sign and keep the top sheet, and return the blue sheet to the office.• Johnson carefully returned the document to its hiding place.• I left early, but promised to return the next day.• Penny has still not returned the office keys.• Return the pan to the heat and simmer for a further 5-10 minutes.• I'm going to return these shoes - they're a little tight.• I've got to go by Blockbuster and return those tapes.• He had to return to India to look after his mother.• After a week it was to be returned to its owner.• I tell her how excited I am to return to Oki for Obon.• Since moving out of the unprofitable world of defence, Trend has returned to profits of £900,000.• After loading up he will return to Save.• Since the end of the war, many of the paintings have been found and returned to their rightful owners.• Your passport will be returned to you when you check out of your hotel.

never to return• Many of the villagers will leave, never to return.• An entire society was uprooted and destroyed, vanishing into the high mountains never to return.• At first it seemed that something had been lost, never to return.• Having gained release from the imperfections of this world, they have left it, never to return.• Her eyebrows had been severely plucked in her youth, never to return.• Let us leave the allotment now, depart for ever, never to return.• On the basis of that petty insult, Pick stormed out of the negotiations, never to return.• She wanted to leave it then, never to return.• Unable to bear the humiliation, one night he broke the chain and ran away, never to return.

return fire• Police took cover in combat positions but did not return fire.• The troops returned fire and then retreated.• The Royal Engineers did not return fire and were let through.• They returned fire before breaking off the engagement.• So successful was the tactic that the return fire from the Dragoons passed over their heads without inflicting a single casualty.• The return fire from the invisible Charlies was more intense as we got closer.• When the other side has returned fire, however, Mrs Clinton and her husband have complained of ill use.• Our tanks and tracks kept going a little bit and stopped to return fire immediately.• During my first attack I experienced some very inaccurate return fire which ceased just before I broke away.

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return2 S2 W2 noun

1 coming back 回來 [singular]RETURN the act of returning from somewhere, or your arrival back in a place 回來，歸來，返回

We’re all looking forward to your return!

我們都盼着你回來！

return from

I need to know the date of her return from Europe.

我需要知道她從歐洲回來的日期。

return to

Malcolm decided to delay his return to York.

馬爾科姆決定推遲返回約克的時間。

on/upon somebody’s return

On his return from Canada, he joined the army.

他從加拿大回來就參軍了。

2 giving back 送還 [singular]GIVE the act of giving, putting, or sending something back 歸還；放回；退還

return of

A mother is appealing for the safe return of her baby son.

一位母親在懇求把她那還是嬰孩的兒子安全送還。

Police have arranged for the return of the stolen goods.

警察已經安排好贓物的歸還工作。

3 changing back 恢複 [singular]START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETC a change back to a previous state or situation 〔原來狀態的〕恢複，回複

return to

The United States called for a return to democracy.

美國呼籲恢複民主制度。

a return to normal

回複正常

4 starting again 重新開始 [singular]CONTINUE/START AGAIN when someone starts an activity again after they had stopped 重新開始

return to

Rose’s return to the teaching profession

羅絲重返教職

Jean is well enough now to consider her return to work.

瓊現在身體好多了，可以考慮回去上班。

5 profit 利潤 [countableC, uncountableU]BF the amount of profit that you get from something 盈利，收益

The markets are showing extremely poor returns.

市場現在回報極差。

return on

How can you get the best return on your investment?

你如何讓你的投資得到最大的回報？

return from

The returns from farming are declining.

農耕的收益在下降。

The average rates of return were 15%.

平均回報率爲15%。

► see thesaurus at profit

6 in return (for something) EXCHANGEas payment or reward for something 作爲（某事物的）報酬；作爲（某事物的）回報

He is always helping people without expecting anything in return.

他一直在不求任何回報地幫助他人。

We offer an excellent all-round education to our students. In return, we expect students to work hard.

我們向學生提供優質全面的教育，同時也希望學生努力學習。

Liz agreed to look after the baby in return for a free room.

利茲同意照看嬰兒，條件是要有一間免費房間。

Examples from the Corpus

in return (for something)• In return he performed clerical 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 criminal convictions.• She gave us food and clothing and asked for nothing in return.• Navy officials reduced the punishment in 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-you in return.• Fine, I want X, Y and Z in return.

7 computer 計算機 [uncountableU]TDBBO the key that you press on a computer at the end of an instruction or to move to a new line 回車鍵；返回鍵 SYN enter

Key in the file name and press return.

鍵入文檔名，然後按回車鍵。

8 ticket 票 [countableC] British EnglishBrETTRETURN (also return ticket) a ticket for a journey from one place to another and back again 往返票，來回票，雙程票 OPP single SYN American English round trip → day return

9 feeling/situation 感覺/情況 [singular] when a feeling, situation etc starts to exist or happen again 再度出現

return of

She felt a return of her old anxiety.

她感覺原來的那種焦慮又回來了。

David had noticed the return of worrying symptoms in the last few days.

最近幾天戴維注意到令人擔心的症狀又出現了。

10 statement 聲明 [countableC]PETANSWER/REPLY a statement giving written information in reply to official questions 申報（書），匯報，報告

an analysis of the 1851 census returns

對1851年人口普查報告的分析

→ tax return

11 vote 投票 [countableC] technical a vote in an election 投票結果

What are the returns from last night’s voting?

昨晚的投票結果如何？

12. by return (of post) British EnglishBrETCM if you reply to a letter by return, you send your reply almost immediately 〔接到信後〕立即回複

Examples from the Corpus

by return (of post)• Please answer by return of mail.• Any sent will be copied and sent back by return of post.• Professor Sano writes back by return mail.• Companies are classified by returns, and all companies with an equivalent return have the same business risk.• I end it by returning to those encounters.• Earlier this year, the Dole campaign alienated many Log Cabin members by returning a campaign contribution from the gay organization.• But Smith bailed them out by returning seven punts for a school-record 150 yards.• He was given 25 years but tried to negotiate a cut in his sentence by returning half of the stolen gold.

→ the point of no return at point1(10)

Examples from the Corpus

return• Increasingly, businesses began to call for a return on their investment in public education.• The company offers the hope of big returns for people who buy its shares.• After her return, she had spent the first week weeping, conscious of her father's tight-lipped disappointment and indignant fury.• The first two nights had passed in sheer misery, as he sat up waiting, praying for her return.• Note was taken that Ned had failed to advise the twelfth floor of Barley's drunken breakout after his return from Leningrad.• In return, you will receive a salary in the range of £11,586 to £16,176 pa depending on qualifications and experience.• Most people get fairly low returns from their personal investments.• Type in your file name and press return.• We were anxiously awaiting Pedro's return.• Both sides are demanding the return of territory lost in the war.• She begged for the return of her kidnapped baby.• The time period that funds can be invested is critical in maximizing the returns from investments.• The return on the initial investment was huge.• Eaton said large institutional investors today are putting more pressure on publicly traded companies to increase their returns.• This return to a leaner structure is a direct result of the downturn in sales in key areas such as Impressionist paintings.

on/upon somebody’s return• On his return from the Holy Land, he stopped at Cotignola.

return of• Perhaps her rapid shifts in mood signaled the return of madness.

return to work• It was almost eight years before I could consider a return to work.• The Solidarity leader Lech Walesa also appealed for a return to work.• The financial benefits gained in terms of productivity and maintaining an occupational income by returning to work are clear.• She returned to work, but again, she said delusional thoughts were getting in the way.• Twenty factories obeying Yeltsin's strike call were asked to return to work by Sobchak.• But as long as he continued to undergo treatment, David believed he could fend off Pamela and the need to return to work.• When will workers return to work?

rates of return• In evaluating corporate performance an attempt will be made to link accounting rates of return to an internal rate of return.• Covers both the private and social rented sectors and considers rent levels, rent patterns, house prices and rates of return.• Empirically, wages and rates of return on capital do not equalize in even rather long periods of time.• Private investments historically have paid far higher rates of return than Social Security.• Many farmers had given up working the land because of low rates of return and had turned to producing more lucrative goods.• The weights, mean rates of return and standard deviations were as shown in Table 5.2.• This fuller analysis of the costs and benefits raises rates of return, especially on lowland forests.• The term structure of interest rates is the relationship between the rates of return on bonds with different maturity dates.

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