back是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 in, into, or towards a previous place or condition, or an earlier time -- 在原處；回到原處；恢復原狀；返回；回到以前

  • When you take the scissors, remember to put them back. 用完剪刀後，記著要放回原處。

  • He left a note saying "Gone out. Back soon." 他留了字條，上面寫著「出去一會兒，馬上回來」。

  • She went to Brazil for two years, but now she's back (= has returned). 她在巴西住了兩年，現在回來了。

  • He looked back (= looked behind him) and saw they were following him. 他回頭看了看，發現他們正跟著他。

  • Looking at her old photographs brought back (= made her remember) a lot of memories. 她看著舊照片，想起了許多的往事。

  • I was woken by a thunderstorm, and I couldn't get back to sleep (= could not sleep again). 我被雷雨弄醒後，再也無法入睡。

  • The last time we saw Lowell was back (= at an earlier time) in January. 我們最後一次見到羅威爾是在早一月的時候。

  • This tradition dates back to (= to the earlier time of) the 16th century. 這個傳統可以追溯到16世紀。

  • If he hits me, I'll hit him back. 如果他打我，我會還手。

  • You're not just going to let her say those things about you without fighting back, are you? 她那樣說你，你不會就此算了吧？

  • I'm busy at the moment - can I call you back? 我現在很忙——再回電話給你好嗎？

  • I wrote to Donna several months ago, but she hasn't written back yet. 我幾個月前寫過信給唐娜，但她還未回覆。

• 1 further away in distance -- 向後；遠離

  • If we push the table back against the wall, we'll have more room. 如果把桌子往後推至牆邊，就可騰出更多空間。

  • "Keep back!" he shouted, "Don't come any closer!" 「退後！」他大叫著，「不要再走近我！」

  • He sat back on the sofa. 他向後靠坐在沙發上。

  • She threw back her head and laughed uproariously. 她仰起頭，笑個不停。

  • The house is set back from the street. 那座房子離公路很遠。

• 2 the inside or outside part of an object, vehicle, building, etc. that is furthest from the front -- 後面；後部；背面

  • He jotted her name down on the back of an envelope. 他在信封背面匆匆記下了她的名字。

  • I found my tennis racket at the back of the cupboard. 我在衣櫃的最裡面找到了我的網球拍。

  • We sat at the back of the bus. 我們坐在公車後排的位子。

  • Our seats were right at the back of the auditorium. 我們的座位正好就在劇院的後排位置。

  • Ted was out/round the back (= in the area behind the house)." 泰德在屋子後面。

  • There is a beautiful garden at the back of (= behind) the house. 房子後面有個漂亮的花園。

  • If there's no reply at the front door, come round the back. 如果前門沒人應答，就去後門。

  • He put his jacket on the back of his chair (= the part of the chair that you put your back against when you sit on it). 他把夾克搭在椅背上。

  • The office was full of computers, and we had to sit back to back in long rows. 辦公室裡擺滿了電腦，我們只好背靠背坐著，排成長排。

  • Coming up after the break, three Rolling Stones classics back to back. 休息片刻後，接下來要連續播放三首滾石樂隊的經典歌曲。

  • You've put your jumper on back to front. 你的套頭衫前後穿反了。

• 3 the part of your body that is opposite to the front, from your shoulders to your bottom -- 背部，背後

  • I have a bad back. 我背痛。

  • Sleeping on a bed that is too soft can be bad for your back. 睡在太軟的床會對背部有害。

  • He lay on his back, staring at the ceiling. 他仰躺著，眼睛盯著天花板。

  • I turned my back (= turned around so that I could not see) while she dressed. 她穿衣服時，我轉過身去。

  • She put her back out (= caused a serious injury to her back) lifting a box. 她搬箱子時嚴重扭傷背部。

• 4 (in some sports, such as football) one of the players in a team who try to stop players from the other team from scoring goals, rather than trying to score goals himself or herself -- （足球等運動的）後衛球員

• 5 to give support to someone or something with money or words -- 支持；資助，援助

  • The management has refused to back our proposals. 管理層拒不支持我們的提議。

• 6 to risk money by saying that you think a horse, team, etc. will win a race, game, or competition in order to win more money if they do -- 下賭注於

  • The horse I backed came in last. 我投注的那匹馬得了最後一名。

• 7 to (cause to) move backwards -- （使）退後；使倒退

  • Ann gave up driving when she backed the car into the garage door. 安倒車時撞上了車庫大門，於是她從此再也不駕車了。

  • Please could you back your car up a few feet so that I can get mine out of the driveway? 請你把車往後倒幾英尺，讓我把車開出車道，好嗎？

• 8 to cover the back of something with a material, often to make it stronger or thicker -- 為某物加背襯使其更加堅固或厚實

  • The material is backed with a heavy lining. 這種衣料的裡補很厚實。

• 9 at or near the back of something -- 後面的，後部的，背部的

  • She left the house by the back door. 她從後門離開了那座房子。

  • The back seat of the car folds down. 車子的後座可以摺起來。

• 10 paid after the end of a period of time when it should have been paid -- 延遲的，拖欠的

  • They owe the staff several thousand in back pay. 他們拖欠了員工幾千鎊薪水。

  • back rent/taxes 預期未交的房租/稅款