Return

(noun.) a coming to or returning home; 'on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party'.

(noun.) the act of going back to a prior location; 'they set out on their return to the base camp'.

(noun.) (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble.

(noun.) a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; 'he won the point on a cross-court return'.

(noun.) a reciprocal group action; 'in return we gave them as good as we got'.

(noun.) the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction.

(noun.) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; 'the average return was about 5%'.

(verb.) submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; 'submit a bill to a legislative body'.

(verb.) make a return; 'return a kickback'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) return to a previous position; in mathematics; 'The point returned to the interior of the figure'.

(verb.) return in kind; 'return a compliment'; 'return her love'.

(verb.) bring back to the point of departure.

整理:雷蒙德

• If it is possible I will return to the Abruzzi. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• A hard-working man, and not overstrong, he would return to his home from the machine-shop where he was employed, and throw himself on the bed night after night to rest. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I went there on my return from Havre. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Since that, we have quarrelled, and I have vainly asked him to return me my farce or pay me for it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Had they not better throw these bodies to the plant men and then return to their quarters, O Mighty One? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I don't know how it is, said he, but I had hoped for so much from his return. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He told me, in return, that he wondered I had arrived at my time of life, without knowing that a doctor's skin was waterproof. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• No, indeed, sir,' returned Mrs. Sparsit, with a gentle melancholy upon her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Your decisions are perfectly judicious, madam, returned Mr. Brocklehurst. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It's simmering now, so I hope he'll keep out of my way, returned Jo, biting her lips as she glowered at Fred from under her big hat. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• His strength returned, and a month after the visit of Thomasin he might have been seen walking about the garden. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• We shall see,' returned the old gentleman with a searching glance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I made the first civil excuse that occurred to me for leaving Mr. Gilmore, and returned at once to the house. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• No, guardian, I returned, fearful of the light that dimly broke upon me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• As he was returning the box to his waistcoat pocket, a loud bell rang for the servants' dinner; he knew what it was. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He had met her before breakfast as he was returning from a walk with his little boys, when it had been just beginning to rain. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Emma turned round to look at her in consternation, and hastily said, Have you any idea of Mr. Knightley's returning your affection? 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He had now announced his intention of returning to the scene of his exploits, and of penetrating into regions left still unexplored. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• On returning from Mrs. Vesey's, I instructed Marian to write (observing the same caution which I practised myself) to Mrs. Michelson. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Miss Bingley said something of his never returning to Netherfield again, of giving up the house, but not with any certainty. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He was not satisfied with returning to his former position without seeing for himself whether anything could be accomplished. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A forfeit--a forfeit, shouted the robbers; a Saxon hath thirty zecchins, and returns sober from a village! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• My dear George, returns the elder, concentrating his strong steady brow upon him and smiling confidently, leave that to me, and let me try. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• If Mr. Hartright returns to England, hold no communication with him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Why, what I may think after dinner, returns Mr. Jobling, is one thing, my dear Guppy, and what I may think before dinner is another thing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The making out of provision returns was stopped for the time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In all the different employments of stock, the ordinary rate of profit varies more or less with the certainty or uncertainty of the returns. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I only said I wouldn't go without one of the servants came up to Sir Leicester Dedlock, returns Mr. Smallweed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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