turn back
折回, 返回
例句与用法:
She go forward a few yards, checked and turn back.
她向前走了几码,突然停住脚步又返回来。
The climbers were halfway up the mountain when two of them conked out and had to turn back.
登山队员爬到半山腰时,其中两人筋疲力竭,只得返回。
Soldiers barred the road so we had to turn back.
士兵挡住了去路,我们只好折回。
阻止; 阻挡
The car was turned back at the frontier.
汽车在边境处被拦住了。
turn backturn back1.■(使)往回走We'd better turn back; it's getting dark.我们最好还是往回走吧, 天快黑了。The police turned them back.警察把他们赶回去了。The wheel of history can never be turned back.历史的车轮绝不能倒转。2.■翻起, 折转Don't turn back the corners of the pages to mark your place.别折书页的角来标明你读到的地方。
turn back1.■(使)折回,(使)往回走;阻止;阻挡:The police turned back the demonstrators.警察把示威者挡了回去。They turned back from the gate.他们从大门口折了回去。2.■翻回到;参考前面(或前处);重新提到(与to连用):Turn back to the previous page.翻回到上一页。3.■折起,折转;折叠(毯子、纸张等):I’m in the habit of turning back the corner of the page to mark my place.我习惯折书角来表示读到的地方。She turned back the cover and found a pool of blood on the top.她折起床罩,发现上方有一片血迹。4.■反悔;变卦:Once you have made a promise, there is no turning back.一旦你做出了承诺,就不能反悔了。
见:turn: turn back
turn back
动词 turn back:
retrace one's course
同义词:backtrack, double back
go back to a previous state
同义词:revert, return, retrovert, regress
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
同义词:chase away, drive out, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
同义词:check, arrest, stop, contain, hold back
turn inside out or upside down
同义词:invert, reverse