turn back
英[tɜːnbæk] 美[tɜːrnbæk]
"The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
"We reverted to the old rules"
"Drive away potential burglars"
"drive away bad thoughts"
"dispel doubts"
"The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
"Arrest the downward trend"
"Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"
"Contain the rebel movement"
"turn back the tide of communism"
1.(使)返回;(使)折回
If youturn back or if someoneturns youback when you are going somewhere, you change direction and go towards where you started from.
turn back的解释
e.g. She turnedback towards the crossroads...
她折回十字路口。
e.g. They were very nearly forced toturnback...
他们差点被迫返回。
2.无法改变计划;无法收回成命
If youcannot turn back, you cannot change your plans and decide not to do something, because the action you have already taken makes it impossible.
e.g. The administration has now endorsed the bill and can'tturnback.
政府部门如今已经签署了那项法案，没有挽回的余地。
1. 回来：bringback 拿回;使...回想起 |turnback 回来 | getback 回来;恢复;要回; 带回
2. (使)折回;(使)往回走：on theturn 正在转变中 |turnback (使)折回;(使)往回走 | inturn 依次,轮流;转而,反过来
3. 翻过来：turn away转变方向;拒绝 |turnback翻过来 | be answerable for应对......负责
4. 返回,转回去：turn away打发走,驱逐,转过脸去 |turnback返回,转回去 |turn round转过身来
It was too late to turn back.
回头已经太晚了。
They were very nearly forced to turn back.
他们差点被迫返回。
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.
We'd better turn back ; it's getting dark.
我们最好还是往回走吧,天快黑了.
We have no choice but to turn back.
没办法,我们只有回去.
It was too late and too urgent to turn back. The die was cast.
现在为时已晚，来不及回头。事情已成定局了。
The horsemen reined in and shouted at the men behind to turn back.
骑手们勒缰停住，对身后的人大嚷，让他们回去。
Implying that human endeavor could turn back the tides of fate.
言下大有以人力挽回天命之意.
If the wolf doesn't turn back its head , the eagle is helpless.
狼只要不回转身来,他就毫无办法.
Please turn back to page 3 and start again from there.
请翻回到第三页,再从那里开始.
Soldiers barred the road so we had to turn back.
士兵挡住了去路,我们只好折回.
Britain is on the right track. Don't turn back.
英国现在走的是条正确的道路, 千万不能倒退.
Nobody can turn back the wheel of history.
任何人都无法使历史车轮倒转.
To end this chapter let us turn back to the previous century for a moment.
趁这一章结束之际,让我们回顾一下上个世纪.
She was about to turn back when something about the bloated face struck her as fami - liar.
她刚要转身离开,突然觉得那张膨胀的脸有点熟悉.
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