return

英 [rɪ'tɜːn] 美 [rɪ'tɜːrn]

• v. 返回；归还；回报；回应；申报
• n. 归还；返回；（收益)回报；申报

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 返回,回来

   come or go back to a former place, condition, or activity

2. vt. 还,归还,退回

   give, put, or send back

3. vi. 恢复

   come or go back to an earlier activity or condition

4. vt. 回报

   give or do sth in exchange

n. (名词)

1. [S]返回,回来,恢复

   the act or an example of returning

2. [U]归还,回报

   the act of giving, putting, or sending sth back

3. [C]利润,收益

   an amount of money produced as a profit

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 恢复
2. 反驳，反驳道
3. 送回，归还，折回，送还
4. 产生
5. 申报
6. 重新发生
7. 获得
8. 报告
9. 返回，回来，回去
10. 回复，回答说
11. 回转
12. 反射
13. 反响
14. 报复
15. 回礼，报答，酬答
16. 再来，又来，复发
17. 选举，选出
18. 回报
19. 【律】（陪审团）正式宣布（裁决）

n. 名词

1. 申报
2. 复发
3. 归还
4. 报答
5. 回答，回复
6. 恢复
7. 返回，回程，回归
8. 再现
9. 报告（书）
10. 归来
11. 利息，收益，利润
12. 报表
13. <英>来回票
14. 退货

英英释义

Noun:

1. document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability;

   "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
   

2. a coming to or returning home;

   "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
   

3. the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

4. getting something back again;

   "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
   

5. the act of going back to a prior location;

   "they set out on their return to the base camp"
   

6. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property;

   "the average return was about 5%"
   

7. happening again (especially at regular intervals);

   "the return of spring"
   

8. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);

   "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
   

9. the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

10. a reciprocal group action;

    "in return we gave them as good as we got"
    

11. a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player;

    "he won the point on a cross-court return"
    

12. (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

13. the act of someone appearing again;

    "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
    

Verb:

1. go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before;

   "return to your native land"
   "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
   

2. give back;

   "render money"
   

3. go back to a previous state;

   "We reverted to the old rules"
   

4. go back to something earlier;

   "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
   

5. bring back to the point of departure

6. return in kind;

   "return a compliment"
   "return her love"
   

7. make a return;

   "return a kickback"
   

8. answer back

9. be restored;

   "Her old vigor returned"
   

10. pay back;

    "Please refund me my money"
    

11. pass down;

    "render a verdict"
    "deliver a judgment"
    

12. elect again

13. be inherited by;

    "The estate fell to my sister"
    "The land returned to the family"
    "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
    

14. return to a previous position; in mathematics;

    "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
    

15. give or supply;

    "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"
    "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"
    "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
    

16. submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority;

    "submit a bill to a legislative body"
    

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. We must return to Dalian within three days.
   我们必须在3日内回到大连。
2. What time does your husband return from work?
   你丈夫什么时候下班回家？
3. Don't forget to return my keys.
   别忘了还我钥匙。
4. Good education is an investment for your future and will return substantial rewards.
   接受优质教育是对自己未来的投资并会获得高回报投资。
5. He neglected to return his income tax form.
   他忽略了所得税表格的申报。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I'm afraid I have to insist on the return of my books at once.
   对不起,我要求你立即归还我的书。
2. The hope of his safe return diminished as time passed by.
   随着时间的推移,他平安返回的希望越来越渺茫。
3. I gave him some books in return for his assistance.
   我给了他一些书,作为对他所提供的帮助的回报。
4. He assist me with my income tax return.
   他帮助我填写所得税申报单。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. I'll return at ten this evening.
   我今晚十点回来。
2. Children return home when school is over.
   孩子们一放学就回家。
3. Her husband left for work one morning and did not return.
   她的丈夫某天早晨出门上班后就再也没回来过。
4. Spring will return soon.
   不久便春归大地。
5. The bad weather had returned.
   坏天气再度来临。
6. I slept well, but the pain has returned this morning.
   我本睡得很好,但今天早晨疼痛又起。
7. My good humour soon returned.
   我的心情很快又好起来。
8. What did he return to do?
   他回来做什么?

用作系动词

S+～+ n.

1. He went an enemy and returned a friend.
   他可化敌为友。

S+～+ adj.

1. He returned hungry.
   他又开始饿了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Will you return my car key?
   请把汽车钥匙还给我,好吗?
2. She hoped that you would return a call this evening.
   她希望你今晚能给她回个电话。
3. You may use my bicycle, but you must return it this evening.
   你可以用我的自行车,但今晚一定要送回来。
4. It was a goodwill trip to return the visit we made to their country.
   这是对我们访问他们国家的友好回访。
5. Our troops immediately returned the fire.
   我军立即进行了还击。
6. She returned the compliment.
   她答谢别人对她的敬意。
7. She smiled as I entered the room.I returned the smile.
   我进房时,她微微一笑,我也报以微笑。
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8. Application form should be returned within three weeks.
   申请表3周之内必须交回。

S+～+that-clause

1. She returned that she had not supposed that he had done it on purpose.
   她回答说,她原以为他不是故意这样做的。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

1. He has not returned me the book yet.
   他还没把书还给我。
2. Don't forget to return me my keys.
   别忘了把钥匙还给我。
3. When shall we return them a visit?
   什么时候我们去回访他们呢?
4. I return my sincere thanks for the trouble you have taken in the matter.
   我对你为这事费心表示真诚的谢意。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I am waiting for her return.
   我正在等她回来。
2. He flew to Chicago and made no return on the same day.
   他乘飞机去芝加哥,当天不返回。
3. The return may be made on the same steamship.
   可乘同一艘汽船当天回来。
4. She planned to do it on her return.
   她打算一回来就做那件事。
5. I shall do that on my return from America .
   等我从美国回来,就做那件事。
6. We look forward to your return from America .
   我们期待着你从美国返回。
7. He went out to buy one return ticket to London.
   他出去买了一张去伦敦的往返票。
8. It's good thing I've got my return ticket.
   太好了,我拿到了往返票。
9. The spectators cheered the tennis champion's return of service.
   观众对这位网球冠军的接发球报以欢呼。
10. I can make little return for your kindness.
    我难以答谢你们的好意。
11. That bookstore would not accept returns, even ones in good condition.
    那家书店不接受退还的书,即使是完好无损的书也不要。
12. The library is demanding the return of the books.
    图书馆要求归还这些书。
13. It brings us a fat return.
    它给我们带来了丰厚的回报。
14. These articles make a quick return.
    这些商品盈利快。
15. These shares have brought in good returns.
    这些股票带来很好的收益。
16. In the event of your having a return of the pain, take this medicine.
    如果你疼痛复发,服用此药。

经典引文

• His return was the signal for..national joy.

  出自： J. R. Green

• Going back felt disturbingly like a return to school.

  出自： V. Brittain

• Their blood shall..returne vpon the head of Ioab.

  出自：Bible (AV): 1 Kings

• Till the earl..was returned from Bologna.

  出自： J. Lingard

• The subject is one to which..I shall..return.

  出自： J. A. Froude

• Man's love once gone never returns.

  出自： Tennyson

• Sounds of battle began to return.

  出自： E. Waugh

• What grows on the desert returns as dust to dust.

  出自： D. C. Peattie

• She was returning home.

  出自： M. L. King

• Ministers had arrived..by train but were returning..by air.

  出自： P. Scott

• From Earl's Court they returned directly to Paddington.

  出自： S. Weintraub

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

return for (v.+prep.)

以…回报… use sth as a means of repaying (sth else)
return sth for sth
We shouldn't return good for evil.

我们不应该以德报怨。
We have made the decision to return blow for blow.

我们决定以牙还牙。
In order to return thanks for his kindness, she went to help him every day.

为了答谢他的好意,她每天都去帮他的忙。

return from (v.+prep.)

从…返回… go or come back from (a place or doing sth)
return from sth/v-ing
They have just returned from the conference at Brussels.

他们刚从布鲁塞尔开会回来。
When I return from the coast,I shall bring good news.

我从海滨回来后会带来好消息的。
We were tired out when we returned from taking the dog for a walk.

领着狗散步回来后,我们已经筋疲力尽。

return to (v.+prep.)

恢复到… take up again; make use of (sth such as a former method or habit) again
return to sth
They all recovered and returned to their units.

他们都养好伤病,回自己部队去了。
Returning to a city where one used to live can be a saddening experience.

重归故地有时会给人带来几许惆怅。
After graduating from a middle school she returned to her home village to do farm work.

中学毕业后,她回到家乡务农。
During harvest time the farmers often return to the fields in the evening for extra labour.

在收获季节,农民们常常在晚上还要到地里加班干活。
I shall return to this subject later.

我一会儿还要讲到这个题目。
Now she returned to the subject of juvenile delinquency in that country.

现在她又回到了那个国家青少年犯罪的话题上。 return sth to sb/sth
They returned the property to the original owner.

他们把财产归还原主。
We returned the empty bottles to the shop.

我们把空瓶子还给了商店。
Please return the book to the library before Friday.

请在星期五以前把书还给图书馆。
You are asked to return the cassette tape recorders to the department office.

要求你们把盒式磁带录音机还给系办公室。
He returned a polite answer to our inquiries.

对我们的询问,他作了客气的回答。
After nearly one year, the bike he lost was returned to him.

差不多过了一年,他丢失的那辆自行车又回到他手里了。
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the term.

学期结束前,所有借的书都必须归还图书馆。 return to sth
The situation has returned to normal in the city.

这座城市的局势已恢复正常。
He has returned to his old habits.

他又恢复了他的旧习惯。
After going straight for a bit, he returned to petty thieving again.

走了一段正道后,他又重操旧业当起小偷来。

return with (v.+prep.)

带…归来 come back with (sb or a thing)
return with sb/sth
Calling at my uncle's on our way home, we returned with his two children.

回家途中,我们到了我叔父那里,带着他的两个孩子一同回来了。
After two weeks' hot weather in Spain we returned with very brown skins.

我们在西班牙炎热的天气里待了两个星期,回来时皮肤都晒得黑黑的。

用作名词 (n.)

by return

随下一批邮件 by the next post

in return (for)

作为…的交换〔回报〕 in exchange or as payment (for)

on one's return

在回来时 when one gets back

return to

重新恢复 recover

to return

言归正传,回到本题 back to the subject

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• return a book 归还书
• return a compliment 回礼,还礼,报复
• return a kindness 回报,报答
• return a profit 产生效益〔利润〕
• return a visit 回访
• return an answer 回答
• return fire 回击
• return thank(s) 答谢
• return trace 回描,归迹
• return voyage 返航

副词+～

• just return 刚刚回来
• never return 一去不复返

～+副词

• return home 回家
• return customarily 按惯例回家
• return deliberately 不慌不忙地回家
• return expeditiously 迅速地回家
• return fortuitously 偶然回家
• return habitually 按惯例回家
• return honorably 衣锦还乡
• return incessantly 连续地回家
• return infallibly 绝对可靠地获利
• return promptly 迅速归还
• return testily 暴躁地反驳
• return traditionally 按惯例回家
• return triumphantly 凯旋
• return unceremoniously 唐突地回家

～+介词

• return after … 后回故里
• return for an exam 温课迎考
• return from 从…回来
• return from the conference 开会回来
• return from a trip to Europe 从欧洲旅行回来
• return from this digression to subject 言归正传
• return to 回到…
• return to normal 恢复正常
• return to one's old habit 故态复萌
• return to one's subject 言归正传
• return with 带…回来

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• accept return 接受退还
• ask for return 索还…
• bring return 带来利润
• commemorate return 纪念凯旋
• compile return 编制统计表
• demand return 要求归还
• expect return 图回答
• have return 复发
• make return 申报…,汇报…
• realize return 获得利润
• seek return 牟取利润
• show return 显示成果
• welcome return 欢迎归来

形容词+～

• adequate return 足够的利润
• Board of Trade return 商务部统计表
• census return 人口〔户口〕统计表
• diminishing return 报酬递减
• election return 选举结果报告
• fair return 相当大的利润
• fat return 丰厚的利润
• financial return 会计〔财务〕报告
• good return 优厚利润
• happy return (敬祝)福寿,长命百岁
• insulated return 绝缘回线
• little return 难以答谢
• maximum return 最大的利润
• official return 公报
• poor return 以怨报…,辜负了…
• profitable return 得到利润
• prompt return 立刻返回
• property return 资产统计表
• quick return 快速回转
• safe return 安全返航

名词+～

• aircraft return 飞机返回
• carriage return 滑动架回位
• short-ground return 用短线接地
• single-duct return 单回流道

～+名词

• return air 回流空气
• return command 返回指令
• return curve 回复曲线
• return gear 回行〔随动,跟踪〕装置
• return half 回程票
• return main 回水总管,回汽管
• return period 重现〔回复〕期
• return pipe 回(油,水,汽)管
• return postcard 来回明信片
• return pump 抽空泵
• return riser 回水立管
• return spring 回动〔复〕弹簧
• return ticket 来回票
• return time 回描时间
• return transfer function 返回传送操作
• return water 回归水

介词+～

• according to return 根据…的申报表
• after return 归还后
• at return of the year 过了年就
• by return of post 由下一班回程邮递寄回
• in return 作为…的报酬,作为…的交换
• on one's return 回来时
• with the return of 随着…的到来
• without return 无利润,无赚头

～+介词

• return for 回赠
• return from 从…归来
• return from one's books 写书的稿酬
• return from the sale 销售所得的利润
• return of a salute 还礼
• return of an illness 疾病的复发
• return of health 健康的恢复
• return of loans 借款的偿付
• return of losses 伤亡报告
• return of seasons to the earth 季节的轮回
• return to 回到…
• return to nature 回到大自然

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. return的基本意思是“回到原来的位置或状态”,可指人、物回到某处,也可指某人把某物送还,归还给某人,还可指病痛、情绪等的复发、状态的恢复、季节的再次来临等。
2. return的现在进行时可表示按计划或安排将要发生的动作,此时须有表示将来的时间状语或特定的上下文。
3. return用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词或that从句作宾语,还可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词to的宾语。
4. return还可用作系动词,意思是“恢复”“回来”,后可接名词或形容词作表语。
5. return是瞬间动词,不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。

n. (名词)

1. return用作名词的基本意思是“返回,回来,恢复”,指重新回到或返回原来的位置或状态,可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名数。引申还可作“归还”“回报”解,是不可数名词。
2. return还可作“利润”“收益”解,是可数名词。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

return, be back, come back, get back, go back

• 这组词(组)都可表示“回去”。其区别是：
• return与其他词相比有些书卷气; come back的意思是“回归”“回来”,指回到说话人所在的地方; go back指回到出发点,是一种非正式说法,常用于口语中; get back是回到原来的出发点; be back意为“回来了”,表示状态,是日常应用最广的非正式说法。例如:
• Did Duff come back?—Yes, he came back.达夫回来了吗?是的,他回来了。
• Now let's go back to the beginning of the page.现在让我们回到这页的开头。
• When he got back, he found that supper was over.当他回来的时候,他发现晚餐已经结束了。
• I'll be back next Saturday.我将在下个星期六回来。

下面三句的意思相同:

• She will return next week.
• She returns next week.
• She is returning next week.
• 她下周回来。

answer，reply，respond，retort，return

• 这些动词均有“回答”之意。
• answer常用词，指用书面、口头或行动对他人的请求、询问、质问等作出回答或反应。
• reply较正式用词，较少用于口语。侧重经过考虑的较正式答复。
• respond正式用词，指即刻的，以口头或行动对外来的号召、请求或刺激等作出回答或响应。
• retort指对不同意见、批评或控诉作出迅速、有力的回答，即“反驳”。
• return正式用词，从本义“归来，回去”引申作“回答、答辨”讲时，含反驳或反唇相讥之意。

常见错误

v. (动词)

1. 我回家已经一周了。

   误 I have returned home for a week.

   正 I returned home a week ago.

   正 It is a week since I returned home.

   析 return是瞬间动词,不可与表示一段时间的状语连用。

2. 他快回来了。

   误 He'll return back soon.

   误 He'll return again soon.

   正 He'll return soon.

   析 return本身就表示回去或回来,因而不与again或back连用。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的retorner：re (回） + torner (转），意为转回，返回。

近反义词

【近义词】

• be back
• come back
• go
• back
• advantage
• benefit
• form
• gain

【反义词】

• depart 离开