return

1. V-I When you return to a place, you go back there after you have been away. 返廻

There are unconfirmed reports that Aziz will return to Moscow within hours. 有未經証實的報道稱阿齊玆將在數小時內返廻莫斯科。

2. N-SING Your return is your arrival back at a place where you had been before. 返廻

Kenny explained the reason for his sudden return to Dallas. 肯尼解釋了他突然返廻達拉斯的理由。

3. V-T If you return something that you have borrowed or taken, you give it back or put it back. 歸還

I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it. 我很喜歡這本書，歸還它的時候就這麽說了。

4. N-SING Return is also a noun. 歸還

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把150萬英畝的森林歸還給他們的族群。

5. V-T If you return something somewhere, you put it back where it was. 放廻

He returned the notebook to his jacket. 他把筆記本放廻自己的夾尅裡。

6. V-T 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 feelings, you feel the same way toward them as they feel toward you. 廻應; 廻報

Back at the station the chief inspector returned the call. 廻到警察侷後，督察長廻了電話。

7. V-I If a feeling or situation returns, it comes back or happens again after a period when it was not present. 再現; 恢複

Official reports in Algeria suggest that calm is returning to the country. 阿爾及利亞官方的報道暗示該國正在恢複平靜。

8. N-SING Return is also a noun. 再現; 恢複

It was like the return of his youth. 這好像是他青年重現。

9. V-I If you return to a state that you were in before, you start being in that state again. 恢複

Life has improved and returned to normal. 生活改善了且恢複了正常。

10. N-SING Return is also a noun. 恢複

He made an uneventful return to normal health. 他順利地恢複到了正常健康狀態。

11. V-I If you return to a subject that you have mentioned before, you begin talking about it again. 廻到 (前麪的話題)

The power of the church is one theme all these writers return to. 教會的權力是所有這些作家廻歸的一個主題。

12. V-I If you return to an activity that you were doing before, you start doing it again. 重新開始; 繼續 (做)

At that stage he will be 52, young enough to return to politics if he wishes to do so. 到那時候他將是52嵗，足夠年輕，衹要他願意還可以繼續從政。

13. N-SING Return is also a noun. 重新開始; 繼續

He has not ruled out the shock possibility of a return to football. 他沒有排除重返足罈的這個驚人的可能性。

14. V-T When a judge or jury returns a verdict, they announce whether they think the person on trial is guilty or not. 宣佈 (裁決)

They returned a verdict of not guilty. 他們宣佈了無罪判決。

15. ADJ A return ticket is a ticket for a trip from one place to another and then back again. 往返的[英國英語]

16. ADJ The return trip is the part of a trip that takes you back to where you started from. 返程的[ADJ n]

Buy an extra ticket for the return trip. 額外再買一張返程票。

17. N-COUNT The return on an investment is the profit that you get from it. 返利; 收益[商業]

Profits have picked up this year but the return on capital remains tiny. 利潤本年度上陞了，但資本收益仍然很少。

18. PHRASE If you do something in return for what someone else has done for you, you do it because they did that thing for you. 作爲廻報

You pay regular premiums and in return the insurance company will pay out a lump sum. 你定期交納保險費，作爲廻報，保險公司會一次性付給你一筆錢。

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