turn back

英 [tɜːn bæk] 美 [tɜːrn bæk]

• 折回； 返回

英英释义

Verb:

1. retrace one's course;

   "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
   

2. go back to a previous state;

   "We reverted to the old rules"
   

3. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings;

   "Drive away potential burglars"
   "drive away bad thoughts"
   "dispel doubts"
   "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
   

4. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;

   "Arrest the downward trend"
   "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"
   "Contain the rebel movement"
   "Turn back the tide of communism"
   

5. turn inside out or upside down

词汇搭配

• turn the clock back 将时钟倒转
• turn the back upon 离开(逃走)
• turn one's back on 背弃
• turn back 折回
• turn one's back upon 置之不理
• turn the back on 离开(逃走)

近反义词

【近义词】

• drive out 逐出
• run off 逃跑
• check 检查
• invert 倒置
• drive off 驱散
• backtrack 由原路返回
• double back 对折
• regress 倒退
• stop 停止
• chase away 赶走, 驱逐
• dispel 驱散
• contain 容纳
• return 返回
• reverse 逆转
• drive away (把车)开走
• hold back 阻碍
• revert 恢复
• arrest 逮捕
• retrovert 向后弯曲