| 短语 | turn back |
| 释义 | turn back 1. to go back in the direction you came from, or to make someone or something do this（使）折回，（使）掉转头:•It's getting late – maybe we should turn back.天晚了，也许我们该返回了。turn sb / sth ↔ back •The UN convoy was turned back at the border.联合国车队在边境被挡了回来。2. to return to doing something in the way it was done before重新开始做某事:[+ to ]•The people are turning back to natural resources to survive.人们又重新开始依靠自然资源生存。•We've promised to help, and there's no turning back (=you cannot change this) !我们已经答应要帮忙，不能反悔！⇒turn back the clock at CLOCK¹ (3)ˌturn ˈback|ˌturn sb/sth↔ˈbackto return the way you have come; to make sb/sth do this（使）原路返回，往回走The weather became so bad that they had to turn back.天气变得非常恶劣，他们不得不循原路折回。(figurative)We said we would do it—there can be no turning back.我们说过要干这事，不能反悔。Our car was turned back at the border.我们的汽车在边境被挡了回来。synonyms atreturnturn backreturn 返回 * They walked for two hours and then turned back. 他们走了两小时后又返回来了。 |
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