get back

英 [ɡet bæk]

美 [ɡet bæk]

恢复（原状）; 回到，重提（原来的话题）; 取回; 找回; 收回; 对…进行报复

牛津词典

• 以上各词均含回来、回去、返回之义。
  These words all mean to come or go back from one place to another.
• 指回来、回去、返回：
  to come or go back from one place to another
  1. I waited a long time for him to return.
     我等他回来等了很长时间。
• 指回来、返回
  to return
• 指回去、返回
  to return to the place you recently or originally came from or that you have been to before
• 指返回、回去，尤指回家：
  to arrive back somewhere, especially at your home or the place where you are staying
  1. What time did you get back last night?
     你昨晚什么时候回家的？
• 指原路返回、往回走，尤指因某事阻止而不能继续前进：
  to return the way that you came, especially because sth stops you from continuing
  1. The weather got so bad that we had to turn back.
     天气变得非常恶劣，我们不得不循原路折回。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 恢复（原来的状态）
  If someone or somethinggets back toa state they were in before, they are then in that state again.
  1. Then life started to get back to normal...
     随后生活又恢复了正常。
  2. I couldn't get back to sleep.
     我再也睡不着了。
• PHRASAL VERB 回到，重提（原来的话题）
  If youget back toa subject that you were talking about before, you start talking about it again.
  1. It wasn't until we had sat down to eat that we got back to the subject of Tom Halliday.
     我们直到坐下来吃饭时才又提起汤姆·哈利迪这个话题。
• PHRASAL VERB 取回；找回；收回
  If yougetsomethingbackafter you have lost it or after it has been taken from you, you then have it again.
  1. You have 14 days in which you can cancel the contract and get your money back.
     你可在14天之内取消合同，收回钱款。
• PHRASAL VERB 对…进行报复
  If youget back atsomeone orgetthemback, you do something unpleasant to them in order to have revenge for something unpleasant that they did to you.
  1. The divorce process should not be used as a means to get back at your former partner...
     不应该在办理离婚手续上报复以前的伴侣。
  2. I'm going to get you back so badly you'll never to be able to show your face again.
     我要狠狠地还以颜色，让你从此无脸见人。

英英释义

verb

• get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
  1. I finally settled with my old enemy
  Synonym:settle
• recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
  1. We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company
  2. He got back his son from the kidnappers
  Synonym:win back
• take revenge or even out a score
  1. I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even
  Synonym:get even

双语例句

• We'll give him a ring as soon as we get back.
  我们一回来就会给他打电话。
• It wasn't until we had sat down to eat that we got back to the subject of Tom Halliday.
  我们直到坐下来吃饭时才又提起汤姆·哈利迪这个话题。
• Suddenly the peace was destroyed by someone shouting, 'Get back! Go away! How dare you!'
  突然平静被打破了，就听见有人在喊：“滚回去！滚开！大胆！”
• Nurtured carefully, the business can once again get back to basics.
  只要用心经营，公司可以重回正轨。
• You have 14 days in which you can cancel the contract and get your money back.
  你可在14天之内取消合同，收回钱款。
• Do you get back East much?
  你经常回东部吗？
• We've been trying to get back to you, Tom, but we think we took your number down incorrectly
  汤姆，我们一直试着给你回电话，可是，或许我们把你的号码写错了。
• I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again.
  回到车里重新上路后，我松了一口气。
• Dave was in a hurry to get back to work
  戴夫急于回到工作岗位。
• I think I ought to get back to work.
  我想我该回去工作了。