| 单词 | return to something |
| 释义 | return to somethingreturn to something phrasal verbphr v a) to change back to a previous state or situation, or to change something back （使）回复原状 David waited for a moment to let his breathing return to normal. 戴维等了一会儿，让呼吸恢复正常。 return something to something The new chairman made the cuts necessary to return the company to profitability. 新任董事长作了必要的开支削减，以使公司恢复赢利。 b) to start doing an activity, job etc that you were doing before you stopped or were interrupted 继续，重新做〔某事〕 SYN go back Nicholas looked up, grinned, then returned to his newspaper. 尼古拉斯抬起头，咧嘴笑了笑，然后继续看他的报纸。 The children return to school next week. 孩子下星期开学。 Ellie needed to return to work soon after the birth. 埃莉生下孩子后需要马上回去上班。 c) formal to start discussing or dealing with a subject that you have already mentioned 再讨论，重新处理〔某个主题〕 I will return to this problem in a moment. 我马上就会再谈这个问题。 Examples from the Corpus return to normal• After several months of therapy with a uricosuric agent, the tissue stores are dePleted and urinary uric acid returns to normal.• Dreman knew this was an anomaly and, sure enough, the interest rate picture returned to normal.• His colour had returned to normal.• Some were wounded; others so damaged by their experiences that it would take years to return to normal.• Withdrawal symptoms then typically taper off, but it usually takes a full week for a return to normal.• As soon as we stop exerting ourselves the blood pressure returns to normal again.• Life has returned to normal, more or less.• Longer-term solutions would include restoring the damaged relationships within the unit so that there is a return to normal working conditions. return to work• But as long as he continued to undergo treatment, David believed he could fend off Pamela and the need to return to work.• It was almost eight years before I could consider a return to work.• The Solidarity leader Lech Walesa also appealed for a return to work.• When will workers return to work?• Yeltsin was anxious to return to work after his bout with pneumonia.• The financial benefits gained in terms of productivity and maintaining an occupational income by returning to work are clear.• She returned to work, but again, she said delusional thoughts were getting in the way.• Twenty factories obeying Yeltsin's strike call were asked to return to work by Sobchak. → return to something at return1(2) |
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