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单词 turn back
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turn back

1. phrasal verb
If you turn back or if someone turns you back when you are going somewhere, you change direction and go towards where you started from.
She turned back towards the crossroads. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb]
They were very nearly forced to turn back. [VERB PARTICLE]
Police attempted to turn back protesters marching towards parliament. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If you cannot turn back, you cannot change your plans and decide not to do something, because the action you have already taken makes it impossible.
The administration has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back. [VERB PARTICLE]
See full dictionary entry for turn

Examples of 'turn back' in a sentence
turn back

We're turning back towards LaGuardia.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They turned back and walked towards the high wall.
Diana Wynne Jones CHARMED LIFE (1977)
He panics as she turns back to get help.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is only one way to turn back the tide.
The Sun (2008)
Had she asked to go home or turn back?
The Sun (2015)
Turning back now would be a disaster.
The Sun (2013)
He was soon turning back towards his home.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
Turn back now and it will be a disaster.
The Sun (2013)
He evidently panicked and he turned back towards the pavement.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The moon adds an element of surprise to meetings in ways that can turn back time and turn up excitement.
The Sun (2011)
 Now turn back to the left so that you finish facing the target with your right heel off the ground.
Lewis, Beverly Winning Golf for Women (1993)
Some commanders used their own initiative and flew inland to gain height before turning back in the direction of the enemy.
Patrick Bishop FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)
Ask again if there's a chance friendship could turn back into something more.
The Sun (2008)
You're afraid of your old father turning back and getting into another rage.
Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters (1864)
We need to fight to make sure the clock doesn't get turned back.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I got up and walked and followed the river a long way and then turned back again.
George Eliot Daniel Deronda (1876)
She opened the door to go out, and then suddenly thought of something and turned back rather slowly.
Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden (1911)
After realising that they had been walking for too long, they asked other walkers for directions and turned back to reach the pupils.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
When I turned back he was gone.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
turn back

British English: turn back /tɜːn bæk/ VERB
If you turn back, or if someone turns you back when you are going somewhere, you change direction and go towards where you started from.
Police attempted to turn back protesters.
  • American English: turn back
  • Arabic: يَرْجِعُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: voltar atrás
  • Chinese: 回转
  • Croatian: vratiti
  • Czech: obrátit (se) zpět
  • Danish: vende om
  • Dutch: terugkeren
  • European Spanish: volverse atrás camino
  • Finnish: kääntyä takaisin
  • French: retourner
  • German: umkehren
  • Greek: γυρίζω πίσω
  • Italian: tornare sui propri passi
  • Japanese: 引き返す
  • Korean: 되돌아 가다
  • Norwegian: snu tilbake
  • Polish: zawrócić
  • European Portuguese: voltar atrás
  • Romanian: a face să se întoarcă
  • Russian: возвращаться
  • Latin American Spanish: volverse atrás
  • Swedish: vänd tillbaka
  • Thai: เลี้ยวกลับ
  • Turkish: geri dönmek
  • Ukrainian: повертатися
  • Vietnamese: quay trở lại

Chinese translation of 'turn back'

turn back

vi

  1. 往回走 (wǎnghuí zǒu)

vt

  1. [person, vehicle] 掉头(頭) (diàotóu)
See turn

All related terms of 'turn back'

to turn one's back on sb/sth
( fig ) 不理睬某人/某事 bù lǐcǎi mǒurén/mǒushì
to turn or put the clock back
( fig ) 回到过(過)去 huí dào guòqù
turn up
( arrive : person ) 露面 lòumiàn
turn to
( page ) 翻到 fāndào
turn round
( person, vehicle ) 调(調)转(轉) diàozhuǎn
turn over
( person ) 翻身 fānshēn
turn out
( light, gas ) 关(關)掉 guāndiào
turn on
( light, radio, tap ) 打开(開) dǎkāi
turn off
( from road ) 拐弯(彎) guǎiwān
turn into
变(變)成 biànchéng ⇒ The water turns into steam. → 水变成了蒸汽。 Shuǐ biànchéngle zhēngqì.
turn in
( inf : go to bed ) 睡觉(覺) shuìjiào
turn down
( request, offer ) 拒绝(絕) jùjué
turn away
放弃(棄) fàngqì
turn around
= turn round
turn against
转(轉)而反对(對) zhuǎn ér fǎnduì

All related terms of 'turn back'

turn one's back on
to turn away from in anger or contempt
turn your back on someone
to ignore someone and refuse to help them
turn your back on something
to stop thinking about something and paying attention to it, or to reject it
to turn your back on sb/sth
If you turn your back on someone or something, you ignore them, leave them, or reject them.
wish you could turn back the clock
to wish to return to an earlier period, for example because you think it was a very good time or because you would like the chance to live your life differently
turn the clock back/put the clock back
If you want to turn the clock back or put the clock back , you want to return to a situation that used to exist , usually because the present situation is unpleasant .
(phrasal verb) 
They were very nearly forced to turn back.
Synonyms
go back
I decided to go back to bed.
return
More than 350,000 people have returned home.
retreat
They were forced to retreat.
retrace your steps
See turn

Additional synonyms

in the sense of retreat
Definition
to withdraw or retire in the face of or from action with an enemy
They were forced to retreat.
Synonyms
withdraw,
retire,
back off,
draw back,
leave,
go back,
shrink,
depart,
fall back,
recede,
pull back,
back away,
recoil,
give ground,
turn tail
in the sense of return
Definition
to come back or revert in thought or speech
More than 350,000 people have returned home.
Synonyms
come back,
go back,
repair,
retreat,
turn back,
revert,
reappear

Nearby words of
turn back

  • turn a blind eye to or close your eyes to
  • turn a deaf ear to something
  • turn against someone
  • turn back
  • turn in
  • turn of events
  • turn of mind

Related terms of
turn back

  • turn something or someone back

Synonyms of 'turn back'

turn back

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