词汇 | return-to |
释义 | return to something/doing somethingphrase C1 If people or things return to a previous condition, they go back to that condition: 恢复至(原来的状态) Within a week, the situation had returned to normal.不到1个星期,局势就恢复正常了。 She slipped in the rankings after her second-place finish in the 100 metre dash, but returned to the top after taking gold in the 200 metre event. The company has finally returned to the black (= made a profit once more)after several quarters of heavy losses due to the recession. B2 If you return to an activity or subject, you start doing it or talking about it again: 重新做;再次谈及 Gandhi encouraged Indians to return to spinning their own yarn. Every five minutes, he returned to the same subject.每过5分钟他就会重提同一个话题。 If you don't mind, let's set that suggestion aside and return to the task at hand. Scientists kept returning to the question of whether carbon offsets were making any difference in the battle against climate change. See also returnverb(GO BACK) |
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