returning

1. VERB 返回，回到（出发地）
   When you return to a place, you go back there after you have been away.
   1. Blair will return to London tonight...
      今晚布莱尔将返回伦敦。
   2. Our correspondent Stephen Sackur has just returned from the camps on the border...
      我们的通讯记者斯蒂芬·萨克刚从边境的营地回来。
   3. So far more than 350,000 people have returned home.
      迄今已有35万多人返回了家园。
2. N-SING 返回;回来
   Your return is your arrival back at a place where you had been before.
   1. Ryle explained the reason for his sudden return to London.
      赖尔解释了他突然返回伦敦的原因。
3. VERB 归还;退还
   If you return something that you have borrowed or taken, you give it back or put it back.
   1. I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it...
      我喜欢这本书，并且在还书时也这样说了。
   2. The car was not returned on time, then was reported stolen.
      这辆车没有按时归还，然后就报失了。
   3. Return is also a noun.
      
   4. The main demand of the Indians is for the return of one-and-a-half-million acres of forest to their communities.
      印第安人的主要要求是将150万英亩的森林归还给他们族群。
4. VERB 放回;把…放到原处
   If you return something somewhere, you put it back where it was.
   1. He returned the notebook to his jacket.
      他把笔记本放回到他的夹克里。
5. VERB 回应，回报（行为或感情）
   If you return someone's action, you do the same thing to them as they have just done to you. If you return someone's feeling, you feel the same way towards them as they feel towards you.
   1. Back at the station the Chief Inspector returned the call...
      探长回到警察局后回了电话。
   2. She will be disappointed if her feelings are not returned.
      如果她的感情得不到回报，她会感到非常失望。
6. VERB (感觉或情况)重新出现，恢复
   If a feeling or situation returns, it comes back or happens again after a period when it was not present.
   1. Official reports in Algeria suggest that calm is returning to the country...
      阿尔及利亚的官方报告表明这个国家正在恢复往日的平静。
   2. The pain returned in waves.
      疼痛又如潮水般阵阵袭来。
   3. Return is also a noun.
      
   4. It was like the return of his youth.
      他似乎又回到了年轻时代。
7. VERB 恢复，回到(原来的状态)
   If you return to a state that you were in before, you start being in that state again.
   1. Life has improved and returned to normal.
      生活已经改善并恢复了正常。
   2. Return is also a noun.
      
   3. He made an uneventful return to normal health...
      他的身体顺利康复了。
   4. The opposition now fears a return to martial rule.
      现在反对派害怕恢复军事统治。
8. VERB 回到(某个话题)
   If you return to a subject that you have mentioned before, you begin talking about it again.
   1. The power of the Church is one theme all these writers return to.
      所有这些作家都回归到了教会权力这个主题上。
9. VERB 重新开始，继续（某项活动）
   If you return to an activity that you were doing before, you start doing it again.
   1. At that stage he will be 52, young enough to return to politics if he wishes to do so.
      那时他将会是52岁，还很年轻，如果他希望的话，仍可重返政坛。
   2. Return is also a noun.
      
   3. He has not ruled out the shock possibility of a return to football.
      他没有排除有一天会出惊人决定重返足坛。
10. VERB 宣布(裁决)
    When a judge or jury returns a verdict, they announce whether they think the person on trial is guilty or not.
    1. They returned a verdict of not guilty.
       他们宣布了无罪的判决。
11. See also: He bought a return ticket and boarded the next train for home. Return is also a noun. BA and Air France charge more than £400 for a return to Nice. day return

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用round trip


12. ADJ （旅途）返回的，返程的
    The return trip or journey is the part of a journey that takes you back to where you started from.
    1. Buy an extra ticket for the return trip.
       多买一张返程票。
13. N-COUNT 利润;回报;收益
    The return on an investment is the profit that you get from it.
    1. Profits have picked up this year but the return on capital remains tiny...
       今年的利润已经回升，但是资本收益仍然很少。
    2. Higher returns and higher risk usually go hand in hand.
       更高的收益通常伴随着更高的风险。
14. See also: He was convicted of filing false income tax returns... Anyone with slight complications in their tax affairs is likely to be asked to fill in a return. tax return
15. N-PLURAL (选举)结果
    Returns are the results of votes after an election.
    1. Early returns show Bulgaria's opposition party may have won.
       早期的选举结果表明保加利亚的反对党可能已获胜。
16. (生日祝词)生日快乐，长命百岁
    When it is someone's birthday, people sometimes say 'Many happy returns' to them as a way of greeting them.
17. PHRASE 作为回报;作为交换
    If you do something in return for what someone else has done for you, you do it because they did that thing for you.
    1. You pay regular premiums and in return the insurance company will pay out a lump sum.
       你定期支付保险费，而保险公司则会一次性给你一笔钱作为回报。
    2. The deal offers an increase in policy value in return for giving up guarantees.
       作为放弃担保的交换，这笔交易将提高保单价值。
18. PHRASE 不能回头的地步;无路可退
    If you say that you have reached the point of no return, you mean that you now have to continue with what you are doing and it is too late to stop.
    1. The release of Mr Nelson Mandela marked the point of no return in South Africa's movement away from apartheid.
       纳尔逊·曼德拉先生的释放标志着南非种族隔离政策一去不复返。
19. to return fire → see: fire

1. After returning from France, he joined the army
   从法国回来之后，他参了军。
2. Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.
   如今他们回来索取本属于他们的东西。
3. The six-person jury deliberated about two hours before returning with the verdict
   6人陪审团认真商议了约两个小时后作出了裁定。
4. My prospects of returning to a suitable job are dismal
   我重新找到一个合适的工作岗位的希望很渺茫。
5. Soldiers returning from the war had glutted the job market.
   从战场返乡的士兵挤爆了劳动力市场。
6. Males between 18 and 20 had to leave a deposit as a guarantee of returning to do their military service.
   18至20岁的男性必须缴纳一笔保证金，作为回来服兵役的担保。
7. Hark. I hear the returning footsteps of my love.
   听！我听见我爱人回来的脚步声了。
8. The minister is returning to Paris to answer the allegations personally
   部长将返回巴黎亲自回应那些指控。
9. The helicopter was returning from a reconnaissance mission
   直升机完成侦察任务后正在返航。
10. Official reports in Algeria suggest that calm is returning to the country
    阿尔及利亚的官方报告表明这个国家正在恢复往日的平静。
11. The plane was returning to the airport soon after takeoff when it burst into flames
    飞机起飞之后不久便起火，于是掉头返回机场。
12. After returning from Paris, David moved to a squat in Brixton
    从巴黎回来后，戴维搬进了布里克斯顿的一座空房里住下了。
13. He heard Nora tearing a strip off an orderly for not returning the food bins to the kitchen soon enough
    他听到诺拉正在破口大骂一名勤务兵没有将食品箱及时送回厨房。
14. We have set up a task force to look at the question of women returning to work.
    我们已经成立了一个工作组去调查妇女复工的问题。
15. 'That's another element in choosing a style of writing, you see,' he says, returning to his main theme
    “瞧，那是选择写作风格时要考虑的又一个因素，”他又回到了主题上。
16. women returning to the labour market after time out to raise young families.
    为抚养年幼子女暂停工作后又重返劳动力市场的女性
17. Guests are returning in increasing numbers — a sure sign that we are on the right track
    回头客越来越多了——这显然表明我们的路走对了。
18. There was no virtue in returning to Calvi the way I had come
    沿着我来的路线返回卡尔维并不可取。
19. He said he was against returning to old authoritarian ways.
    他说他反对回到过去的独裁做法。
20. The British team was returning home yesterday to lick its wounds after defeat by India.
    英国队负于印度队后，昨日回国休整。
21. Seeing the platoon leader returning, everybody rushed up to meet him.
    看见排长回来了，大家赶忙迎上去。
22. A mind bent on returning is like an arrow.
    归心似箭。
23. We lost no time in returning to the headquarters.
    我们赶紧回到指挥部。
24. Those teachers who took other jobs in past years are now gradually returning to their teaching posts.
    前几年改行做其他工作的教师，现已逐渐归队。
25. Excuse my neglect in returning your book.
    请原谅我忘记把书还给你。
26. When returning back, he discovered the room in disorder.
    回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
27. Returning to developments in the United states, mention must be made of the progress in shipboard catapults.
    当回头追述美国取得的进展时，必须提及舰用弹射器的进步。
28. The other figure, a burly man with a reddish face was returning.
    另一个人往回走来，他身体结实，红光满面。
29. I am returning to where I once lived.
    我回到了我曾经待的地方。

adj

1. tending to return to an earlier state

   Synonym:    reverting