turn back
（使）往回走; 翻起，折转; 扭转; 掉过头来
1. 回来：bring back 拿回;使...回想起 | turn back 回来 | get back 回来;恢复;要回; 带回
2. (使)折回;(使)往回走：on the turn 正在转变中 | turn back (使)折回;(使)往回走 | in turn 依次,轮流;转而,反过来
3. 翻过来：turn away转变方向;拒绝 | turn back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 | turn back返回,转回去 | turn round转过身来
1. (使)返回;(使)折回
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.
e.g. She turned back towards the crossroads...
她折回十字路口。
e.g. They were very nearly forced to turn back...
他们差点被迫返回。
2. turn back
2. 无法改变计划;无法收回成命
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.
e.g. The administration has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back.
政府部门如今已经签署了那项法案，没有挽回的余地。
1. Johnny Depp says having children gave him " clarity " and made him turn his back on his hard partying lifestyle.
2. The South Korean side also broadcast warning announcements from speakers positioned along the DMZ, telling any advancing North Korean troops to turn back.
3. turn back
3. Those who need to stay late have to turn them back on to prevent their workspaces from being shrouded in darkness.
4. I believe that successful companies will turn personal data into an asset by giving it back to their customers in an enhanced form.
5. turn back的解释
5. Almunia admitted it would be a tough decision to turn his back on his country.
6. Now Obama will likely turn his attention to a big push on measures to help the economy and keep it from dipping back into recession.
7. Although their figures gradually disappear at the back of the screen, their tears turn into heavy rain on the screen and cause snuffles among the audience.
8. But Duff has no plans to turn her back on young fans in the rush to reinvention.
9. Turn over for a minute to reheat the top, then flip back over and place the cheese on top.
10. turn back的意思
10. They turn back for a moment, as if to look at a camera lens.
verb
1. turn inside out or upside down
2. go back to a previous state
e.g. We reverted to the old rules
Synonym: revert return retrovert regress
3. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
check the expansion or influence of
e.g. Arrest the downward trend
Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
Contain the rebel movement
Turn back the tide of communism
Synonym: check arrest stop contain hold back
4. force to go away
used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
e.g. Drive away potential burglars
drive away bad thoughts
dispel doubts
The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
Synonym: chase away drive out drive away dispel drive off run off
5. retrace one's course
e.g. The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back
Synonym: backtrack double back