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| 1 | in the direction that is behind you 在后；向后 |
| Don’ t look back, but there’ s a man following us. 别向后看，有个男人在跟踪我们。 |
| He asked us to move back a few yards. 他叫我们向后退几码。 |
| | 1a | in a position where your back is leaning backwards 后靠着 | | lean/sit/lie back She leant back in her chair. 她后靠着坐在椅子上。 | | I’ m going to sit back and read the paper for a while. 我要向后靠着看一会儿报纸。 | |
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| 2 | away from someone or something , especially because they are dangerous （尤因危险而）离开 |
| Get back – he’ s got a gun! 闪开，他有枪！ |
| Everybody stand back while I light the fire. 我点火时每个人都站开了。 |
| | 2a | away from an original position or place 离开原位（或原地） | | Peel this label back to see if you have won a prize. 撕开这张标签看看你有没有中奖。 | | The band started playing as the curtain slowly went back. 当帷幕慢慢拉开时乐队开始演奏。 | |
| | 2b | away from your face （与脸部）分开 | | Her hair was tied back in a ponytail. 她的头发扎成马尾辫束在脑后。 | |
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| 3 | returning to a place or position 回到；返回 |
| I’ m never going back home. 我永远不回家。 |
| Put those CDs back where you found them. 把那些激光唱片放回原处。 |
| | 3a | returning to an earlier state or condition 恢复（原状） | | We’ re hoping things will be back to normal again soon. 我们希望事情不久会恢复正常。 | | I couldn’ t get back to sleep. 我无法再入睡。 | |
| | 3b | returning to a previous point in a discussion 回到（讨论过的话题） | | Can we go back to what we were talking about earlier? 我们能回到先前谈论的话题吗？ | |
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| 4 | as a reply to someone 回答；回复 |
| Jane phoned, and I said you’ d phone her back later. 简来过电话，我说你过后会给她回电话。 |
| ‘Have you any idea where we are?’ ‘No’ , Dan shouted back. “你知道我们在哪里吗？”“不知道。”丹喊着回答道。 |
| | 4a | doing the same thing to someone as they have done to you 同样地；回；还；回敬 | | He punched me, so I punched him back. 他打了我一拳，所以我也回了他一拳。 | | look/stare/smile etc back Geoff was staring back at me in disbelief. 杰夫怀疑地回盯着我。 | |
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| 5 | used for talking about a period of time in the past 过去；以前 |
| Back in the 70s, disco music was very popular. 以前在70年代迪斯科音乐非常流行。 |
| She had a minor operation a few years back. 几年前她做了个小手术。 |
| Things were different back then. 那时情况很不一样。 |
| | 5a | to a period of time in the past 回到过去 | | Think back: don’ t you remember anything? 回想一下：你什么都记不起来了吗？ | |
| | 5b | to an earlier time on a clock or watch 往回（拨钟或手表） | | set/put the clock back Don’ t forget to set the clocks back an hour tonight. 别忘了今晚把钟往回拨一个小时。 | |
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| 6 | in a place that you have mentioned before , but that is different from the one you have just been talking about 回到（先前谈论的地方，但此处已有所不同） |
| Back at the hospital, the baby had just been born. 回过头来再说说那家医院，那时婴儿刚刚出生。 |
| | 6a | used for talking about a place where you live or work or used to live or work when you are in a different place 在（工作或生活的地方，或曾经工作或生活的地方） | | I have no idea what’ s going on back home. 我不知道家里出了什么事。 | | Back in Spain, we used to spend summer in the mountains. 过去在西班牙，我们常常在山里过夏天。 | |
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| 7 | towards the beginning of something such as a journey or a book 往回；向（旅程或书等的）开头 |
| You should have got off three stops back. 你本来应该在3站前就下车。 |
| Go back a couple of pages. 往回翻几页。 |
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| - | back and forth
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| moving first in one direction and then in the opposite direction many times |
| 来回地；来来回回 |
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| We ran back and forth, carrying buckets of water. 我们提着一桶桶水来回跑。 |
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| See also | | - back-to-back 1 | | - back to front | |
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