return

return
verb
  1. [no obj.]come or go back to a place or person
    回，返回
    he returned to America in the late autumn.
    他在深秋时节回到了美国。
    ■(return to)go back to (a particular state or activity)
    恢复，回复
    Owen had returned to full health.
    欧文已经完全康复。
    ■(return to)divert one's attention back to (something)
    重新注意
    he returned to his newspaper.
    他又读起了报纸。
    ■(especially of a feeling) come back or reoccur after a period of absence
    （尤指感觉）复归，恢复
    her appetite had returned.
    她的胃口又好了起来。
    ■(Golf)play the last nine holes in a round of eighteen holes
    (高尔夫)打后九穴
    McAllister went out in 43 and returned in 32.
    麦卡利斯特用43击完成前九穴，用32击完成后九穴。
  2. [with obj.]give, put, or send (something) back to a place or person
    归还，把…退回（或放回）
    complete the application form and return it to this address.
    填写好申请表后回寄至此地址。
    ■feel, say, or do (the same feeling, action, etc.) in response
    以（同样的感情）相报；回答；回报（同样的动作等）
    she returned his kiss.
    她回吻了他。
    ■(in tennis and other sports) hit or send (the ball) back to an opponent
    （网球等）回击（球）
    ■(American Football)intercept (a pass, kick, or fumble by the opposing team) and run upfield with the ball
    (美橄)截获（对方传、踢或漏球）反攻
    ■(of a judge or jury) state or present (a verdict) in response to a formal request
    （法官，陪审团）正式宣布（裁决）
    ■(Bridge)lead (a card, especially one of a suit led earlier by one's partner) after taking a trick
    (桥牌)（尤指同伴所攻出的同花色牌赢墩后）跟着打出，回出
    ■(Architecture)continue (a wall) in a changed direction, especially at right angles
    (建筑)（尤指成直角）转延（墙壁）
  3. [with obj.]yield or make (a profit)
    产生（利润）
    the company returned a profit of £4.3 million.
    公司赢利430万英镑。
  4. [with obj.](of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office
    （选民）选出（个人）去任职，选出（政党）去执政
    the city of Glasgow returned eleven Labour MPs.
    格拉斯哥市选出了11名工党议员。
noun
  1. an act of coming or going back to a place or activity
    回，回归，返回
    he celebrated his safe return from the war.
    他庆祝自己从战争中平安归来。
    [as modifier]a return flight.
    返航班机。
    ■[in sing.]an act of going back to an earlier state or condition
    恢复，复归
    the designer advocated a return to elegance.
    设计师主张回归典雅风格。
    ■[mass noun]the action of giving, sending, or putting something back
    归还，退回，放回，送回
    the tape is ready to despatch to you on return of the documents.
    单据一寄回磁带随即发送给您。
    ■(in tennis and other sports) a stroke played in response to a serve or other stroke by one's opponent
    （网球等）回击球
    ■a thing which has been given or sent back, especially an unwanted ticket for a sporting event or play
    被退回（或送回）的东西；退票
    ■(亦作 return ticket)(chiefly Brit.)a ticket which allows someone to travel to a place and back again
    (主英)往返票，来回票。 参见day return
    ■an electrical conductor bringing a current back to its source
    回路导线
    ■(亦作 return match 或 game)a second contest between the same opponents
    回访比赛
  2. (常作 returns)a profit from an investment
    投资收益，赢利
    product areas are being developed to produce maximum returns.
    产品领域在开发中以获取最大收益。
    ■[mass noun]a good rate of return
    高利润率
  3. an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand
    汇报，报告
    census returns.
    人口普查报告。
    ■(Law)an endorsement or report by a court officer or sheriff on a writ
    (律)（法院官员或县治安官就令状的）汇报书
  4. [mass noun]election to office
    当选，选出
    I campaigned for the return of forty-four MPs.
    我为44名议员的当选四处奔波。
    ■[count noun]a returning officer's announcement of such an event
    （选举监察官所做的）选举结果报告
    falsification of the election return.
    对选举结果报告的篡改。
  5. (亦作 carriage return)a mechanism or key on a typewriter that returns the carriage to a fixed position at the start of a new line
    （打字机）回车装置，回车键
    ■(亦作 return key)a key pressed on a computer keyboard to simulate a carriage return in a word-processing program, or to indicate the end of a command or data string
    （计算机键盘）回车键
  6. (Architecture)a part receding from the line of the front, for example the side of a house or of a window opening
    (建筑)转延，转延侧面
常用词组
by return (of post)
  1. (Brit.)in the next available mail delivery to the sender
    (英)由最早一班回程邮递送
    ■(in return)as a response, exchange, or reward for something
    作为回应；作为交换，作为回报
    he leaves the house to his sister in return for her kindness.
    他把房子留给姐姐以报答她的恩情。
many happy returns (of the day)
  1. used as a greeting to someone on their birthday
    （生日祝贺用语）祝你长命百岁
return thanks
  1. (Brit.)express thanks, especially in a grace at a meal or in response to a toast or condolence
    (英)（尤用于饭前祷告或回应祝酒或慰问）致谢，感谢
派生
returnable
adjective
returner
noun
语源
  1. Middle English: the verb from Old French returner, from Latin re- 'back' + tornare 'to turn'; the noun via Anglo-Norman French
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