单词 | return |
释义 | return (once / 12 pages) 1vn 2vn 3vn 4n When you return, you go back somewhere after being away. If you haven't been to Disney World since your fifth birthday, it might be fun to return when you're older. There are many ways to return — you can come back to a place, state, or activity, the way you return to jogging after getting a drink, or return to a feeling of sadness after brief cheer. You also might return something to someone else: "I need to return the book she loaned me," or "He returns her smile across the crowded room." A return can be a comment, a lobbed tennis ball, or even a financial profit. WORD FAMILYreturn: returnable, returned, returning, returns+/returnable: nonreturnable USAGE EXAMPLESThis sitcom returns from its winter hiatus, with the Hecks spending their New Year staving off a zombie apocalypse. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Study results also indicate that by raising cardiac output back to normal resting levels, RMR returns to normal levels while individuals are sitting quietly. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Again, this was in response to a question not about how he keeps his tax returns confidential, but about national cybersecurity policy. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before return to your native land the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean Hypo|Hyper resurrect, rise, uprise return from the dead revisitvisit again retrace, traceto go back over again backtrack, double back, turn backretrace one's course cut back, flash backreturn in time homereturn home accurately from a long distance go home, head homereturn home boomerangreturn to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang bouncecome back after being refused go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v be restored Her old vigor returned Syn|Hyper come back re-emerge, reappear appear again 3v go back to a previous state Syn|Hypo|Hyper regress, retrovert, revert, turn back fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress go back to bad behavior resilereturn to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed go back, recover, recuperateregain a former condition after a financial loss rally, reboundreturn to a former condition change by reversal, reverse, turn change to the contrary 4v be inherited by The land returned to the family Syn|Hypo|Hyper devolve, fall, pass accrue, fall come into the possession of fall, light fall to somebody by assignment or lot change hands, change owners be transferred to another owner 5v go back to something earlier Syn|Hypo|Hyper come back, hark back, recall go back, recur return in thought or speech to something denote, refer have as a meaning 6v return to a previous position; in mathematics The point returned to the interior of the figure 7n the act of going back to a prior location they set out on their return to the base camp Hypo|Hyper reentry the act of entering again remandthe act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) motion, move, movement the act of changing location from one place to another 8n a coming to or returning home on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party Syn|Hypo|Hyper homecoming repatriation the act of returning to the country of origin arrival the act of arriving at a certain place 9n the act of someone appearing again Syn|Hypo|Hyper reappearance comeback return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity appearance the act of appearing in public view 10n the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction Syn|Hyper coming back turn, turning a movement in a new direction 11n happening again (especially at regular intervals) 2the return of spring Syn|Hypo|Hyper recurrence atavism, reversion, throwback a reappearance of an earlier characteristic flashbackan unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier) repeat, repetition an event that repeats 1v give back Syn|Hypo|Hyper render feed back, resubmit submit (information) again to a program or automatic system give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody 2v pay back Syn|Hypo|Hyper give back, refund, repay reimburse pay back for some expense incurred restitute, restoregive or bring back pay give money, usually in exchange for goods or services 3v bring back to the point of departure Syn|Hyper bring back, take back bring, convey, take take something or somebody with oneself somewhere 4v return in kind return a compliment return her love Hypo|Hyper redound return or recoil reciprocate act, feel, or give mutually or in return 5v make a return return a kickback Hyper carry, transport move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body 6v submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority Hypo|Hyper report out return a bill after consideration and revision to a legislative body subject, submit refer for judgment or consideration 7v elect again Syn|Hyper reelect elect select by a vote for an office or membership 8v give or supply Syn|Hyper generate, give, render, yield give, yield cause to happen or be responsible for establish, givebring about create, make, produce create or manufacture a man-made product 9n a reciprocal group action in return we gave them as good as we got Syn|Hypo|Hyper getting even, paying back payment, requital an act of requiting; returning in kind retaliation, revengeaction taken in return for an injury or offense reciprocationthe act of making or doing something in return tit for tatan equivalent given in return payback, retribution, vengeancethe act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life reprisala retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime group action action taken by a group of people 10n getting something back again Syn|Hypo|Hyper regaining, restitution, restoration clawback finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way acquisition the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something 11n a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player he won the point on a cross-court return Hypo|Hyper backhand, backhand shot, backhand stroke a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke chop, chop shota tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball drive(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) dink, drop shota soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) geta return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent ground strokea tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once half volleya tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces loban easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc overhead, smasha hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head passing shota tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net volleya tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces forehand drive(sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash) backhand drivea hard straight return made on the backhand side two-handed backhanda backhand shot made holding the racquet in both hands tennis shot, tennis stroke the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket 12n (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble Hyper run, running, running game, running play (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team 13n the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property the average return was about 5% Syn|Hypo|Hyper issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield economic rent, rent the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions paybackfinancial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) income the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time 14n document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability 3his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return Syn|Hypo|Hyper income tax return, tax return amended return a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return declaration of estimated tax, estimated tax returnreturn required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year false returnan incorrect income tax return information returna return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability joint returna return filed by a husband and wife instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right 1v answer back Syn|Hyper come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte answer, reply, respond react verbally 2v pass down Syn|Hyper deliver, render communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across transmit information 3n a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte back talk, backtalk, lip, mouth, sass, sassing an impudent or insolent rejoinder reply, response the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange n the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed Syn|Hyper return key key a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed |
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