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0 to come or go back to a previous place
Odysseus returned home/returned to his home after many years of travelling. 離家多年後奧德修斯返回了故土。
She left South Africa at the age of 15 and has never returned. 她15歲時離開了南非,再也沒有回去過。
[ + to infinitive ] David returned (from work) to find his house had burned down. 大衛(下班)回到家後發現房子已被燒毀了。
Within a week, the situation had returned to normal. 不到一個星期,局勢就恢復正常了。
Gandhi urged Indians to return to spinning their own yarn. 甘地敦促印度人重新拿起紡車自己動手紡紗。
Every five minutes, he returned to the same subject. 每過五分鐘他就會重提同一個話題。
1 to give, do, or get something after something similar has been given or done to you
to return an invitation/greeting 回請/回應問候
I returned his stare. 我回瞪了他一眼。
I gave her a ride when her car broke down and now she is returning the favour (= doing something to help me in exchange). 那天她的車壞了,我順便搭載了她一程,現在她在投桃報李。
The terrorists started shooting and the police returned fire (= started shooting back). 恐怖分子開了火,警方便開槍還擊。
My investments return a high rate of interest. 我的投資獲得了很高的收益。
2 to send, take, give, put, etc. something back to where it came from
3 to happen again
4 to decide and say if you think someone is guilty or not guilty, or what punishment the person will be given in a court of law
5 an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they were before
The whole town came out to celebrate his return (from the war). 整個鎮上的人都湧上街頭慶祝他(從戰場上)歸來。
On her return, she went straight to the office. 她一回來就直接去了辦公室。
Some environmentalists argue for a return to a pre-industrial society. 一些環保主義者主張回歸工業化以前的社會。
Most people have welcomed her return to power/office. 大多數人歡迎她重新掌權/複職。
A return to Birmingham, please. 請給我一張去伯明罕的往返票好嗎?
6 in exchange
Some tenants get rent reductions in return for help managing the building. 有些租客通過協助大樓管理來獲得租金減免。
I'll come with you, but you have to do something for me in return. 我會和你一起去,但你得為我做點什麼作為回報。
Several soldiers were wounded in the return of fire. 反擊中,數名士兵受傷。
The return on the money we invested was very low. 我們投資獲得的收益很低。
7 an occasion when something starts to happen or be used again
Will we ever see the return of/a return to comfortable fashion clothes? 我們還會看到穿著舒適的時裝再次流行嗎?
8 the key on a computer keyboard that you press in order to say that the words or numbers on the screen are correct, or that an instruction should be performed, or in order to move down a line on the screen
10 The return part of a journey is the part in which you go back to the place where you started.