| 词组 | return |
| 释义 | return ◊ going back When someone returns to a place, they go back there after they have been somewhere else. I returned to my hotel. I returned from the Middle East in 1956. ◊ WARNING You do not say that someone 'returns back' to a place. Return is a fairly formal word. In conversation, you usually use go back, come back, or get back. I went back to the kitchen and poured my coffee. He came back from the war. I've got to get back to London. Return is also used as a noun. When someone goes back to a place, you can refer to their arrival there as their return. It was published only after his return to Russia in 1917. In writing, if you want to say that something happens immediately after someone returns to a place, you can use a phrase beginning with 'on'. For example, you can say 'On his return to London, he was offered a post at the Foreign Office'. On his return to Paris he painted a series of portraits. On her return she wrote the last paragraph of her autobiography. ◊ giving or putting something back When someone returns something they have taken or borrowed, they give it back or put it back. He borrowed my best suit and didn't return it. We returned the books to the shelf. Note that you do not say that someone 'returns something back'. ◊ 'bring back' When people start using a practice or method that was used in the past, you do not say that they 'return' the practice or method. You say that they bring it back or reintroduce it. He was all for bringing back the cane as a punishment in schools. They reintroduced a scheme to provide housing for refugees. |
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