【return】意思与用法
1 VERB 返回，回到（出发地）
When you return to a place, you go back there after you have been away.
Blair will return to London tonight...
今晚布莱尔将返回伦敦。
Our correspondent Stephen Sackur has just returned from the camps on the border...
我们的通讯记者斯蒂芬·萨克刚从边境的营地回来。
2 N-SING 返回;回来
Your return is your arrival back at a place where you had been before.
Ryle explained the reason for his sudden return to London.
赖尔解释了他突然返回伦敦的原因。
3 VERB 归还;退还
If you return something that you have borrowed or taken, you give it back or put it back.
I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it...
我喜欢这本书，并且在还书时也这样说了。
The car was not returned on time, then was reported stolen.
这辆车没有按时归还，然后就报失了。
4 VERB 放回;把…放到原处
If you return something somewhere, you put it back where it was.
He returned the notebook to his jacket.
他把笔记本放回到他的夹克里。
5 VERB 回应，回报（行为或感情）
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 feeling, you feel the same way towards them as they feel towards you.
Back at the station the Chief Inspector returned the call...
探长回到警察局后回了电话。
She will be disappointed if her feelings are not returned.
如果她的感情得不到回报，她会感到非常失望。
6 VERB (感觉或情况)重新出现，恢复
If a feeling or situation returns, it comes back or happens again after a period when it was not present.
Official reports in Algeria suggest that calm is returning to the country...
阿尔及利亚的官方报告表明这个国家正在恢复往日的平静。
The pain returned in waves.
疼痛又如潮水般阵阵袭来。
7 VERB 恢复，回到(原来的状态)
If you return to a state that you were in before, you start being in that state again.
Life has improved and returned to normal.
生活已经改善并恢复了正常。
8 VERB 回到(某个话题)
If you return to a subject that you have mentioned before, you begin talking about it again.
The power of the Church is one theme all these writers return to.
所有这些作家都回归到了教会权力这个主题上。
9 VERB 重新开始，继续（某项活动）
If you return to an activity that you were doing before, you start doing it again.
At that stage he will be 52, young enough to return to politics if he wishes to do so.
那时他将会是52岁，还很年轻，如果他希望的话，仍可重返政坛。
10 VERB 宣布(裁决)
When a judge or jury returns a verdict, they announce whether they think the person on trial is guilty or not.
They returned a verdict of not guilty.
他们宣布了无罪的判决。
11 ADJ (票)双程的，往返的
A return ticket is a ticket for a journey from one place to another and then back again.
He bought a return ticket and boarded the next train for home.
他买了往返票，并登上了下一趟回家的火车。
12 ADJ （旅途）返回的，返程的
The return trip or journey is the part of a journey that takes you back to where you started from.
Buy an extra ticket for the return trip.
多买一张返程票。
13 N-COUNT 利润;回报;收益
The return on an investment is the profit that you get from it.
Profits have picked up this year but the return on capital remains tiny...
今年的利润已经回升，但是资本收益仍然很少。
Higher returns and higher risk usually go hand in hand.
更高的收益通常伴随着更高的风险。
14 N-COUNT （纳税）申报表，申报单
A tax return is an official form that you fill in with details about your income and personal situation, so that the income tax you owe can be calculated.
He was convicted of filing false income tax returns...
他因为在纳税申报表上作假而被定罪。
Anyone with slight complications in their tax affairs is likely to be asked to fill in a return.
任何在税务方面情况稍微复杂的人都可能要填写税收申报表。
15 N-PLURAL (选举)结果
Returns are the results of votes after an election.
Early returns show Bulgaria's opposition party may have won.
早期的选举结果表明保加利亚的反对党可能已获胜。
16 CONVENTION (生日祝词)生日快乐，长命百岁
When it is someone's birthday, people sometimes say 'Many happy returns' to them as a way of greeting them.
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