| 单词 | return |
| 释义 | return (rɪtɜːʳn ) Word forms: returns , returning , returned 1. verb A2 When you return to a place, you go back there after you have been away. The Prime Minister will return to London tonight. [V + to/from] Our correspondent has just returned from the camps on the border. [V to/from n] So far more than 350,000 people have returned home. [VERB adverb] Synonyms: come back, go back, repair, retreat 2. singular noun [with poss] B1 Your return is your arrival back at a place where you had been before. Ryle explained the reason for his sudden return to London. 3. verb A2 If you return something that you have borrowed or taken, you give it back or put it back. I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it. [VERB noun] The car was not returned on time, then was reported stolen. [VERB noun] Synonyms: put back, replace, restore, render Return is also a noun. Their main demand is for the return of one-and-a-half-million acres of forest to their communities. [+ of] 4. verb A2 If you return something somewhere, you put it back where it was. He returned the notebook to his jacket. [VERB noun + to] 5. verb If you return someone's action, you do the same thing to them as they have just done to you. If you return someone's feeling, you feel the same way towards them as they feel towards you. Back at the station the Chief Inspector returned the call. [VERB noun] She will be disappointed if her feelings are not returned. [VERB noun] 6. verb B2 If a feeling or situation returns, it comes back or happens again after a period when it was not present. Calm is returning to the country. [VERB] The pain returned in waves. [VERB] Synonyms: recur, come back, repeat, persist Return is also a noun. It was like the return of his youth. 7. verb If you return to a state that you were in before, you start being in that state again. Life has improved and returned to normal. [VERB + to] Return is also a noun. He made an uneventful return to normal health. [+ to] The opposition now fears a return to martial rule. 8. verb B2 If you return to a subject that you have mentioned before, you begin talking about it again. The power of the Church is one theme all these writers return to. [VERB + to] 9. verb B2 If you return to an activity that you were doing before, you start doing it again. He is 52, young enough to return to politics if he wishes to do so. [VERB + to] Return is also a noun. He has not ruled out the shock possibility of a return to football. [+ to] 10. verb When a judge or jury returns a verdict, they announce whether they think the person on trial is guilty or not. They returned a verdict of not guilty. [VERB noun] Synonyms: announce, report, come to, deliver 11. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1 A return ticket is a ticket for a journey from one place to another and then back again. [mainly British] He bought a return ticket and boarded the next train for home. Return is also a noun. That's enough Airmiles for two returns to Paris, Amsterdam or Brussels. 12. See also day returnregional note: in AM, usually use round trip 13. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 The return trip or journey is the part of a journey that takes you back to where you started from. Buy an extra ticket for the return trip. 14. countable noun The return on an investment is the profit that you get from it. [business] Profits have picked up this year but the return on capital remains tiny. Higher returns and higher risk usually go hand in hand. 15. countable noun A tax return is an official form that you fill in with details about your income and personal situation, so that the income tax you owe can be calculated. He was convicted of filing false income tax returns. Anyone with complications in their tax affairs is asked to fill in a return. 16. See also tax return 17. plural noun Returns are the results of votes after an election. Early returns show the opposition party may have won. 18. many happy returns convention When it is someone's birthday, people sometimes say 'Many happy returns' to them as a way of greeting them. [formulae] 19. in return phrase B2 If you do something in return for what someone else has done for you, you do it because they did that thing for you. You pay regular premiums and in return the insurance company will pay out a lump sum. The deal offers an increase in policy value in return for giving up guarantees. 20. the point of no return phrase If you say that you have reached the point of no return, you mean that you now have to continue with what you are doing and it is too late to stop. The release of Mr Nelson Mandela marked the point of no return in South Africa's movement away from apartheid. 21. to return fire phrase If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you. The soldiers returned fire after being attacked. Collocations: return a verdict The inquiry returned a verdict of accidental death. ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003) The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Faced with the circumstantial case, jurors took eight hours of deliberations spread over three days to return a verdict. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The coroner returned a verdict of suicide. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He said the evidence was too inconsistent to return a verdict of unlawful killing. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Tsewang's father returned safely that evening, and the yaks settled in behind dry-stone walls fortified with spiny sea buckthorn to keep out leopards and wolves. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Their lift also stopped but was later returned safely to the observation deck, which was eventually evacuated via a service lift. Times, Sunday Times (2010) If a therapist, aide, nurse, or doctor enters just as we begin visiting a patient, we tell the patient who we are and that we will return shortly. Christianity Today Her personal website currently claims to be 'undergoing essential maintenance' but promises to 'return shortly'. Times, Sunday Times But she returned shortly with one of those looks that suggested something was wrong. Christianity Today He returned shortly thereafter but discovered that most of the people he cared about were also gone, so he decided to leave once again. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was released from the company on two separate occasions, but returned shortly thereafter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, their special teams allowed four blocked punts (and had another deflected), three kickoff return touchdowns, and one punt return touchdown. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also posted a 14.8 punt return average and had his third career return touchdown. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hakim also added his first punt return touchdown on the season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, he had 20 kickoff returns for an average of 28.2 yards, including another return touchdown. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His kick-off return touchdown was of 97 yards, and his two touchdown runs were of 6 and 52 yards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Friends of the couple have indicated that they would refuse to return voluntarily unless they were formally cleared of any wrongdoing. Times, Sunday Times Nadir had always denied plundering his company and said that he had returned voluntarily to face trial because of a 'burning sense of injustice'. Times, Sunday Times He was later observed frolicking in the wild with some female grizzlies, before returning voluntarily, a few pounds lighter. Times,Sunday Times He said that he had returned voluntarily because of a 'burning sense of injustice'. Times, Sunday Times He spent the following years in exile, and in 1997 returned voluntarily to stand trial for his involvement in the coup. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So here are our tips to help you ensure your safe return home during the big freeze. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We wish you a speedy and safe return to the surface. The Sun (2010) We are proud of all of you and wish you a speedy and safe return home. The Sun (2009) I wish all our brave airmen a safe return and offer our deepest thanks. The Sun (2015) At least it has some proper targets, notably total shareholder return. Times, Sunday Times Total shareholder return for the six months was 18.9 per cent. Times,Sunday Times His research shows that companies with political connections do significantly better in terms of shareholder return and market-to-book ratio. Times, Sunday Times They sell on 16 times earnings, which suggests no reason to chase, despite that expected shareholder return. Times, Sunday Times Compared with the last recession, a greater proportion of incentives are based on total shareholder return, measured against a list of comparative firms. Times, Sunday Times The uncertainties include the possibility of a short-term return to growth, resulting from the stimulus of very low interest rates and sterling's depreciation. Times, Sunday Times They were just doing their job, seeking the highest short-term return. Times, Sunday Times Executives are running their companies not for long-term profit but for short-term return on equity, he argues. Times, Sunday Times The success of such schemes usually rests on the fact that they offer short-term returns that are either abnormally high or unusually consistent. Times, Sunday Times Whereas traditional fund managers invest for the long-term hedge funds focus on more short-term returns. Times, Sunday Times This deal need not necessarily signal a return to the private equity deals of 2007. Times, Sunday Times Will it signal a return to budget surplus? Times, Sunday Times And he will signal a return to the name of a responsible doctor and nurse being clearly written above each hospital bed — so every patient knows where the buck stops. The Sun Economists said that the eurozone data, while encouraging, did not signal a return to strong growth. Times, Sunday Times In his first speech since the referendum, the former prime minister will signal a return to frontline politics, campaigning for the right of voters 'to change their mind'. Times, Sunday Times The firm's stock return in the first three fiscal quarters (nine months) of 2011 was 278 percent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Stock returns in the following year haven't followed a pattern. Houston Chronicle Its shares put on 23½p at 558p as banking stocks returned to favour. Times, Sunday Times For small cap stocks returns vary significantly depending on book-to-market ratio. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For large stocks the variation was smaller; growth stocks returned 10.28% and value stocks returned 13.59%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Seven minutes before the break, they had a more substantial return for that control. Times, Sunday Times While the bonds offer a substantial return, investors need to be aware of the risks. Times,Sunday Times Despite some progress, investors have yet to see a substantial return. Times, Sunday Times The spokesman said that the deal had been made with a 'view to realising a substantial return in due course'. Times, Sunday Times No amount of sun will make up for what they are seeking: a substantial return on their investment. Times, Sunday Times This represents a total return of 2.87 per cent, or a compound annual return of 0.95 per cent. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It showed that over the past five years, both in net asset value and in total return to shareholders, the trust had just underperformed its sector. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Include the share price rise and the total return is 8 per cent last year, which is respectable enough. Times, Sunday Times (2012) In a decade of naked acquisitiveness, here was the triumphant return of the man who'd written the modern rules of combat. GALILEE (2001) He wanted the one thing all exiles crave and few achieve - a triumphant return to the motherland, a vindication. MAMBO (2003) All indications are of a triumphant return. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Orchards take years to yield a return and the loss to the rural economy and the environment will be enormous if sales decline. The Sun As orchards take years to yield a return, we and our growers, all local, have been investing heavily in the planting of hundreds of acres of orchards. Times, Sunday Times Instead, they redistribute reserves and enable otherwise idle funds to yield a return. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Investment refers to the expenditure towards goods that are expected to yield a return or increase their own value over time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their remaining eleven games yielded a return of merely seven points, lacking a reserve side, fatigue had set into the first team. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 返回, 利润, 回返, 回返 Japanese: 帰ること coming back , 収益 yield , 戻す, 戻る |
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