- no obj. come or go back to a place or person回, 返回：
he returned to America in the late autumn.
他在深秋时节回到了美国。
return to
go back to (a particular state or activity)恢复, 回复：Owen had returned to full health.
欧文已经完全康复。
return to
divert one's attention back to (something)重新注意：he returned to his newspaper.
他又读起了报纸。
- (especially of a feeling) come back or reoccur after a period of absence（尤指感觉）复归, 恢复：
her appetite had returned.
她的胃口又好了起来。
- Golf play the last nine holes in a round of eighteen holes【高尔夫】打后九穴：
McAllister went out in 43 and returned in 32.
麦卡利斯特用43击完成前九穴, 用32击完成后九穴。
- with obj. give, put, or send (something) back to a place or person归还, 把…退回（或放回）：
complete the application form and return it to this address.
填写好申请表后回寄至此地址。
- feel, say, or do (the same feeling, action, etc.) in response以（同样的感情）相报; 回答; 回报（同样的动作等）：
she returned his kiss.
她回吻了他。
- (in tennis and other sports) hit or send (the ball) back to an opponent（网球等）回击（球）。
- American Football intercept (a pass, kick, or fumble by the opposing team) and run upfield with the ball【美橄】截获（对方传、踢或漏球）反攻。
- (of a judge or jury) state or present (a verdict) in response to a formal request（法官, 陪审团）正式宣布（裁决）。
- Bridge lead (a card, especially one of a suit led earlier by one's partner) after taking a trick【桥牌】（尤指同伴所攻出的同花色牌赢墩后）跟着打出, 回出。
- Architecture continue (a wall) in a changed direction, especially at right angles【建筑】（尤指成直角）转延（墙壁）。
- with obj. yield or make (a profit)产生（利润）：
the company returned a profit of £4.3 million.
公司赢利430万英镑。
- with obj.(of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office（选民）选出（个人）去任职, 选出（政党）去执政：
the city of Glasgow returned eleven Labour MPs.
格拉斯哥市选出了11名工党议员。
- an act of coming or going back to a place or activity回, 回归, 返回：
he celebrated his safe return from the war
他庆祝自己从战争中平安归来
as modifier a return flight.返航班机。
- in sing. an act of going back to an earlier state or condition恢复, 复归：
the designer advocated a return to elegance.
设计师主张回归典雅风格。
- mass noun the action of giving, sending, or putting something back归还, 退回, 放回, 送回：
the tape is ready to despatch to you on return of the documents.
单据一寄回磁带随即发送给您。
- (in tennis and other sports) a stroke played in response to a serve or other stroke by one's opponent（网球等）回击球。
- a thing which has been given or sent back, especially an unwanted ticket for a sporting event or play被退回（或送回）的东西; 退票。
- （亦作return ticket）chiefly Brit. a ticket which allows someone to travel to a place and back again〈主英〉往返票, 来回票。参见DAY RETURN.
- an electrical conductor bringing a current back to its source回路导线。
- （亦作return match 或game）a second contest between the same opponents回访比赛。
- （常作returns）a profit from an investment投资收益, 赢利：
product areas are being developed to produce maximum returns.
正在扩展产品领域以获取最大收益。
- mass noun a good rate of return高回报率。
- an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand汇报, 报告：
census returns.
人口普查报告。
- Law an endorsement or report by a court officer or sheriff on a writ【律】（法院官员或县治安官就令状的）汇报书。
- mass noun election to office当选, 选出：
I campaigned for the return of forty-four MPs.
我为44名议员的当选四处奔波。
- count noun a returning officer's announcement of such an event选举结果报告：
falsification of the election return.
对选举结果报告的篡改。
- （亦作carriage return）a mechanism or key on a typewriter that returns the carriage to a fixed position at the start of a new line（打字机）回车装置, 回车键。
- （亦作return key）a key pressed on a computer keyboard to simulate a carriage return in a word-processing program, or to indicate the end of a command or data string（计算机键盘的）回车键。
- Architecture a part receding from the line of the front, for example the side of a house or of a window opening【建筑】转延, 转延侧面。
by return (of post)
- Brit. in the next available mail delivery to the sender〈英〉由最早一班回程邮递送。
in return
- as a response, exchange, or reward for something作为回应; 作为交换, 作为回报：
he leaves the house to his sister in return for her kindness.
他把房子留给姐姐以报答她的恩情。
many happy returns (of the day)
- used as a greeting to someone on their birthday（生日祝贺用语）祝你长命百岁。
return thanks
- Brit. express thanks, especially in a grace at a meal or in response to a toast or condolence〈英〉［尤用于饭前祷告或回应祝酒或慰问］致谢, 感谢。