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词汇 comeback
释义 comeback
noun[ C ]
(alsocome-back)uk /ˈkʌm.bæk/ us /ˈkʌm.bæk/

comebacknoun[C] (RETURN TO SUCCESS)


C1
a situation in which someone or something becomes popular, famous, or successful again after a period of being much less popular, etc.:
make a comebackShe's trying to make a comeback with her first album for 20 years.她想凭借自己20年来的第一张专辑东山再起。
stage a comebackComfort foods like macaroni cheese are staging a comeback.
mount a comebackThe car industry has been able to mount a comeback.
a situation in which a team that has been losing starts to win or draw (= have the same score as the other team):
stage a comebackThe team staged the most improbable comeback in baseball history.
mount a comebackAston Villa mounted a comeback as half-time approached.
Flares and platform shoes are making a come-back this summer.
Nationalists staged a comeback in the recent elections.
The party's comeback was largely due to their promises to lower tax.
A rich businessman is financing their comeback attempt.
3-0 down at half time, they scored just after the break to begin the come-back.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Repeating an action
be at it againidiom
be/sound like a broken recordidiom
binge-watch
bingeable
blitz
déjà vu
here we go (again)idiom
iteration
iterative
iteratively
keep on doing something
keep your eye inidiom
repetitive
replicable
reprise
reproduce
reproducible
reproducibly
reread
rewrite

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Winning, losing & scoring in sport

comebacknoun[C] (REPLY)


a reply, usually a clever or funny one, to a comment, criticism, or insult:
snappy comebackBefore he could deliver a snappy comeback (= a quick, clever reply) she had walked out.
I'd love to make some sort of witty comeback, but I don't actually care that much.
Like many stand-up comedians who learned their art in small clubs, he deals with hecklers ruthlessly and always has a snappy comeback.
You might think this is a conversation-stopper but she always has a comeback.
A cool person doesn’t appear offended when somebody insults them, but comes up with a witty comeback.
Have a come-back ready after they have answered your question.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Answering & responding
acknowledgment
affirmatively
answer
answer the door
clap back
clapback
counter
counter with something
counterattack
field
I take/plead the Fifth (Amendment)idiom
keep (someone/something) away
non-respondent
non-responder
non-response
non-responsive
rejoin
respondent
response
thank you

comeback | American Dictionary


comeback
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkʌmˌbæk/
a return to an earlier and better position or condition:
The band was popular in the late '70s, and had a comeback in the early '90s.

Examples of comeback


comeback
Traditional classes in rhetoric and oral communication, seemingly out of sync with today's electronic generation, are making a comeback across the country.
If rights were usurped, as the critics had predicted, it would provide them pretense for a political comeback.
However, keyboards with sequencing facilities are making something of a comeback and this is good news for music education.
However, this combined technique of cell-culture preparation and electron microscopy enabled the long-neglected tumor agent to celebrate its ultrastructural comeback.
Growth of the chain slowed, and the company lost money for three years before beginning a financial comeback.
Tourism will make a huge comeback.
Utopia made a great comeback in 1968, and during the first years of the following decade heads were turned resolutely towards the future.
It is not, however, making a solo comeback, because it is not alone.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
If they are not adhered to, there is no comeback for the victim of that, except in one case.
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Many people make comebacks, but it is important to keep them fully in use as well.
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There is no comeback because they disappear into the ether.
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If it does significant damage to individuals working in the market through its own fault, there should be some comeback and some financial compensation.
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Boring holes is the only comeback they have against the development corporation's underhand behaviour.
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We are also seeing tuberculosis making a comeback.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Small firms have no comeback on water companies.
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Hansard archive

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