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VERB
返回，回到（出發地）
When you return to a place, you go back there after you have been away.
例句
Blair will return to London tonight...
今晚布萊爾將返回倫敦。
Our correspondent Stephen Sackur has just returned from the camps on the border...
我們的通訊記者斯蒂芬·薩克剛從邊境的營地回來。
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N-SING
返回;回來
Your return is your arrival back at a place where you had been before.
例句
Ryle explained the reason for his sudden return to London.
賴爾解釋了他突然返回倫敦的原因。
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VERB
歸還;退還
If you return something that you have borrowed or taken, you give it back or put it back.
例句
I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it...
我喜歡這本書，并且在還書時也這樣說了。
The car was not returned on time, then was reported stolen.
這輛車沒有按時歸還，然后就報失了。
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VERB
放回;把…放到原處
If you return something somewhere, you put it back where it was.
例句
He returned the notebook to his jacket.
他把筆記本放回到他的夾克里。
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VERB
回應，回報（行為或感情）
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.
例句
Back at the station the Chief Inspector returned the call...
探長回到警察局后回了電話。
She will be disappointed if her feelings are not returned.
如果她的感情得不到回報，她會感到非常失望。
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VERB
(感覺或情況)重新出現，恢復
If a feeling or situation returns, it comes back or happens again after a period when it was not present.
例句
Official reports in Algeria suggest that calm is returning to the country...
阿爾及利亞的官方報告表明這個國家正在恢復往日的平靜。
The pain returned in waves.
疼痛又如潮水般陣陣襲來。
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VERB
恢復，回到(原來的狀態)
If you return to a state that you were in before, you start being in that state again.
例句
Life has improved and returned to normal.
生活已經改善并恢復了正常。
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VERB
回到(某個話題)
If you return to a subject that you have mentioned before, you begin talking about it again.
例句
The power of the Church is one theme all these writers return to.
所有這些作家都回歸到了教會權力這個主題上。
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VERB
重新開始，繼續（某項活動）
If you return to an activity that you were doing before, you start doing it again.
例句
At that stage he will be 52, young enough to return to politics if he wishes to do so.
那時他將會是52歲，還很年輕，如果他希望的話，仍可重返政壇。
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VERB
宣布(裁決)
When a judge or jury returns a verdict, they announce whether they think the person on trial is guilty or not.
例句
They returned a verdict of not guilty.
他們宣布了無罪的判決。
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ADJ
(票)雙程的，往返的
A return ticket is a ticket for a journey from one place to another and then back again.
例句
He bought a return ticket and boarded the next train for home.
他買了往返票，并登上了下一趟回家的火車。
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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.
例句
Buy an extra ticket for the return trip.
多買一張返程票。
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N-COUNT
利潤;回報;收益
The return on an investment is the profit that you get from it.
例句
Profits have picked up this year but the return on capital remains tiny...
今年的利潤已經回升，但是資本收益仍然很少。
Higher returns and higher risk usually go hand in hand.
更高的收益通常伴隨著更高的風險。
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N-COUNT
（納稅）申報表，申報單
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.
例句
He was convicted of filing false income tax returns...
他因為在納稅申報表上作假而被定罪。
Anyone with slight complications in their tax affairs is likely to be asked to fill in a return.
任何在稅務方面情況稍微復雜的人都可能要填寫稅收申報表。
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N-PLURAL
(選舉)結果
Returns are the results of votes after an election.
例句
Early returns show Bulgaria's opposition party may have won.
早期的選舉結果表明保加利亞的反對黨可能已獲勝。
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CONVENTION
(生日祝詞)生日快樂，長命百歲
When it is someone's birthday, people sometimes say 'Many happy returns' to them as a way of greeting them.
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PHRASE
作為回報;作為交換
If you do something in return for what someone else has done for you, you do it because they did that thing for you.
例句
You pay regular premiums and in return the insurance company will pay out a lump sum.
你定期支付保險費，而保險公司則會一次性給你一筆錢作為回報。
The deal offers an increase in policy value in return for giving up guarantees.
作為放棄擔保的交換，這筆交易將提高保單價值。
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PHRASE
不能回頭的地步;無路可退
If you say that you have reached the point of no return, you mean that you now have to continue with what you are doing and it is too late to stop.
例句
The release of Mr Nelson Mandela marked the point of no return in South Africa's movement away from apartheid.
納爾遜·曼德拉先生的釋放標志著南非種族隔離政策一去不復返。