A：(Hurry/ Quick/ Hurry up)! The movie is coming back on.
      （快/快一些/快點(diǎn)）！電影開始了。

B：I’m coming.
      來了。

A：Where have you been?
      你去了哪里？

B：I just got back from (camp/ school/ class).
      我剛剛（從營地/從學(xué)校/上課）回來。

B：When is this book due back?
      這本書歸還期限是什么時(shí)候？

A：It’s due back (next Tuesday/ a week from Friday/ in three days).
      下星期二/星期五開始后的一個(gè)星期/三天以內(nèi)。

1. 向后；往后；往回
    If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.

    e.g. The photographers drew back to let us view the body...
           攝影師往后退開，好讓我們查看尸體。
    e.g. She stepped back from the door expectantly...
           她滿懷期待地從門口退了回來。

2. 回到原處
    If you go back somewhere, you return to where you were before.

    e.g. I went back to bed...
           我回到床上。
    e.g. I'm due back in London by late afternoon...
           我預(yù)計(jì)下午晚些時(shí)候回到倫敦。

3. 恢復(fù)原狀；回到原來的狀態(tài)
    If someone or something is back in a particular state, they were in that state before and are now in it again.

    e.g. The rail company said it expected services to get slowly back to normal...
           鐵路公司表示，其運(yùn)輸服務(wù)將慢慢恢復(fù)正常。
    e.g. Denise hopes to be back at work by the time her daughter is one...
           丹尼絲希望等女兒滿周歲就回去工作。

4. 歸還；交還；放回；收回
    If you give or put something back, you return it to the person who had it or to the place where it was before you took it. If you get or take something back, you then have it again after not having it for a while.

    e.g. She handed the knife back...
           她遞還刀子。
    e.g. Put it back in the freezer...
           把它放回冰箱。

5. （將鐘表）撥回
    If you put a clock or watch back, you change the time shown on it so that it shows an earlier time, for example when the time changes to winter time or standard time.

6. 回應(yīng)（來信、電話、目光等）
    If you write or call back, you write to or telephone someone after they have written to or telephoned you. If you look back at someone, you look at them after they have started looking at you.

    e.g. They wrote back to me and they told me that I didn't have to do it...
           他們回信告訴我說不必那么做。
    e.g. If the phone rings say you'll call back after dinner...
           如果有電話打來，就說你吃完飯?jiān)倩仉娫挕?/p>

7. 回到（某個(gè)話題）
    You can say that you go or come back to a particular point in a conversation to show that you are mentioning or discussing it again.

    e.g. Can I come back to the question of policing once again?...
           我能再回到維護(hù)治安的問題上來嗎？
    e.g. To come back to what I said in the Introduction, in the nineteenth century Spain was fully a part of Europe...
           回到我在導(dǎo)言中所說的，19世紀(jì)的西班牙是歐洲整體的一部分。

8. 再次流行；再度成為潮流
    If something is or comes back, it is fashionable again after it has been unfashionable for some time.

    e.g. Short skirts are back...
           短裙又流行起來了。
    e.g. Consensus politics could easily come back into fashion.
           共識政治很可能再度興起。

9. 在一段距離之外
    If someone or something is kept or situated back from a place, they are at a distance away from it.

    e.g. Keep back from the edge of the platform...
           請勿靠近站臺邊緣。
    e.g. I'm a few miles back from the border...
           我距離邊境數(shù)英里。

10. 收攏；攏起；束起
    If something is held or tied back, it is held or tied so that it does not hang loosely over something.

    e.g. Her hair was tied back...
           她的頭發(fā)扎了起來。
    e.g. The curtains were held back by tassels.
           窗簾用穗子攏了起來。

11. （舒適地）向后仰
      If you lie or sit back, you move your body backwards into a relaxed sloping or flat position, with your head and body resting on something.

      e.g. She lay back and stared at the ceiling...
             她躺下盯著天花板。
      e.g. She leaned back in her chair and smiled.
             她靠在椅背上，微笑起來。

12. 回頭，轉(zhuǎn)身（看或喊）
      If you look or shout back at someone or something, you turn to look or shout at them when they are behind you.

      e.g. Nick looked back over his shoulder and then stopped, frowning...
             尼克回頭看了看，又皺著眉頭停了下來。
      e.g. He called back to her.
             他轉(zhuǎn)身叫她。

13. （表示描述場所的轉(zhuǎn)換）在曾提到過的地方
      You use back in expressions like back in London or back at the house when you are giving an account, to show that you are going to start talking about what happened or was happening in the place you mention.

      e.g. Meanwhile, back in London, Palace Pictures was collapsing...
             與此同時(shí)，倫敦的皇宮影業(yè)公司也正在分崩離析。
      e.g. Later, back at home, the telephone rang.
             隨后，家里的電話響了。

14. 以前；過去；追溯至
      If you talk about something that happened back in the past or several years back, you are emphasizing that it happened quite a long time ago.

      e.g. The story starts back in 1950, when I was five...
             故事可以追溯到1950年，那時(shí)我才5歲。
      e.g. I was in St. Lucia back in January of this year...
             今年1月份我在圣盧西亞。

15. 回想；回憶
      If you think back to something that happened in the past, you remember it or try to remember it.

      e.g. I thought back to the time in 1975 when my son was desperately ill...
             我回想起1975年我兒子病得奄奄一息的那段時(shí)間。
      e.g. My mind flew back to stories I had heard about Vinnie.
             我回想起曾聽到過的關(guān)于文妮的那些傳聞。

16. 來回；往返
      If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction.

      e.g. He paced back and forth...
             他來回踱步。
      e.g. Two boys were in the street, tossing a baseball back and forth.
             兩個(gè)男孩在街上來來回回地投接棒球。

17. to cast your mind back -> see mind

1. 背（部）；后背；脊背
    A person's or animal's back is the part of their body between their head and their legs that is on the opposite side to their chest and stomach.

    e.g. Her son was lying peacefully on his back...
           她兒子安靜地仰面躺著。
    e.g. She turned her back to the audience...
           她轉(zhuǎn)過身背對著觀眾。

2. 后面；后部
    The back of something is the side or part of it that is towards the rear or farthest from the front. The back of something is normally not used or seen as much as the front.

    e.g. ...a room at the back of the shop...
           商店后部的一個(gè)房間
    e.g. She raised her hands to the back of her neck...
           她舉起雙手放于頸后。

3. 后面的；后部的
    Back is used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the rear or farthest from the front.

    e.g. He opened the back door...
           他打開了后門。
    e.g. Ann could remember sitting in the back seat of their car.
           安記得自己坐在他們車的后座上。

4. （椅子或沙發(fā)的）靠背
    The back of a chair or sofa is the part that you lean against when you sit on it.

back的近義詞

    e.g. There was a neatly folded pink sweater on the back of the chair.
           椅子的靠背上搭著一件疊得整整齊齊的粉色毛衫。

5. （紙、信封等的）反面，背面
    The back of something such as a piece of paper or an envelope is the side which is less important.

    e.g. Send your answers on the back of a postcard.
           將答案寫在明信片背面寄出。

6. （書等的）末尾
    The back of a book is the part nearest the end, where you can find the index or the notes, for example.

    e.g. ...the index at the back of the book...
           書末索引
    e.g. You've given a whole list of names and addresses at the back.
           你已經(jīng)在末尾完整地列出了名字和地址。

7. （用于round the back, out the back等表達(dá)方式中）房屋（或其他建筑物）后的區(qū)域
    You can use back in expressions such as round the back and out the back to refer generally to the area behind a house or other building.

back的近義詞

    e.g. He had chickens and things round the back...
           他在房子后面養(yǎng)了些雞啊什么的。
    e.g. The privy's out the back.
           廁所在房子后面。

8. （用于out back等表達(dá)方式中）房屋（或其他建筑物）后的區(qū)域；（用于in back等表達(dá)方式中）汽車（或建筑物等）的后部
    You use back in expressions such as out back to refer to the area behind a house or other building. You also use in back to refer to the rear part of something, especially a car or building.

    e.g. Dan informed her that he would be out back on the patio cleaning his shoes...
           丹告訴她說他要去房子后面的露臺上擦鞋。
    e.g. Catlett got behind the wheel and I sat in back...
           卡特利特開車，我坐在車子后面。

9. （足球、曲棍球等運(yùn)動中的）后衛(wèi)
    In team games such as football and hockey, a back is a player who is concerned mainly with preventing the other team from scoring goals, rather than scoring goals for their own team.

10. （美式橄欖球運(yùn)動中的）進(jìn)攻后衛(wèi)
    In American football, a back is a player who stands behind the front line, runs with the ball and attacks rather than defends.

11. 背著（某人）
      If you say that something was done behind someone's back, you disapprove of it because it was done without them knowing about it, in an unfair or dishonest way.

      e.g. You eat her food, enjoy her hospitality and then criticize her behind her back.
             你吃著她的食物，享受著她的款待，然后還在背地里指責(zé)她。

12. 完成…最困難的部分
      If you break the back of a task or problem, you do the most difficult part of what is necessary to complete the task or solve the problem.

back的反義詞

      e.g. It seems at least that we've broken the back of inflation in this country...
             看起來至少我們已經(jīng)解決了這個(gè)國家通貨膨脹中最棘手的問題。
      e.g. We can deliver supplies and work to break the back of the famine.
             我們可以運(yùn)送物資，努力解決饑荒中最關(guān)鍵的問題。

13. 接連地；連續(xù)地
      If two or more things are done back to back, one follows immediately after the other without any interruption.

      e.g. ...two half-hour shows, which will be screened back to back.
             連續(xù)播放的兩檔半小時(shí)節(jié)目

14. （衣服）前后穿反；（順序）前后顛倒
      If you are wearing something back to front, you are wearing it with the back of it at the front of your body. If you do something back to front, you do it the wrong way around, starting with the part that should come last.

      e.g. He wears his baseball cap back to front...
             他把棒球帽反戴著。
      e.g. The picture was printed back to front.
             圖片印反了。

15. 不再（對某人）批評（或施壓等）
      If you tell someone to get off your back you are telling them angrily to stop criticizing you or putting pressure on you.

back

      e.g. He kept on at me to such an extent that occasionally I wished he would get off my back.
             他一直對我嘮叨個(gè)沒完，有時(shí)我真希望他不要再煩我了。

16. 緊跟著；緊接著
      If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.

      e.g. The cuts, if approved, come on the back of a difficult eight years that have seen three London fire stations closed.
             8年的艱難時(shí)期剛剛過去，在此期間，倫敦有3家消防站遭關(guān)閉。如獲批準(zhǔn)，裁減又會接踵而至。

17. （使）受到威脅；（使）處于不利地位
      If someone is on the back foot, or if something puts them on the back foot, they feel threatened and act defensively.

      e.g. From now on Labour will be on the back foot on the subject of welfare.
             今后工黨在福利問題上將處于下風(fēng)。
      e.g. ...another scheme designed purely to put the Scots Nationalists on the back foot.
             另一項(xiàng)純粹旨在讓蘇格蘭民族黨人被迫退居守勢的計(jì)劃

18. 互相幫助；與人方便，與己方便
      People say 'You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' to mean that one person helps another on condition that the second person helps them in return.

19. 希望（某人）離開
      If you say that you will be glad to see the back of someone, you mean that you want them to leave.

      e.g. I was so badly behaved I was convinced she would be glad to see the back of me.
             我的表現(xiàn)如此差勁，相信她會很高興看到我離開。

20. 忽略；背棄；拒絕；對…不予理睬
      If you turn your back on someone or something, you ignore them, leave them, or reject them.

back在線翻譯

      e.g. Stacey Lattisaw has turned her back on her singing career with Motown Records to become a gospel singer...
             斯泰茜·拉蒂索拋棄了自己在摩城唱片公司的演唱事業(yè)，成為了一名福音歌手。
      e.g. Gunnell is not the sort to turn her back on someone who has coached her for 12 years.
             岡內(nèi)爾不是那種將指導(dǎo)了自己12年的教練拒之門外的人。

21. 使生氣；觸怒；惹惱
      If someone or something puts your back up or gets your back up, they annoy you.

      e.g. Some food labelling practices really get my back up.
             有些食物標(biāo)簽的貼法實(shí)在讓我生氣。

22. off the back of a lorry -> see lorry
      to take a back seat -> see seat
      to have your back to the wall -> see wall

1. 背對；背向；背朝
    If a building backs onto something, the back of it faces in the direction of that thing or touches the edge of that thing.

    e.g. We live in a ground floor flat which backs onto a busy street...
           我們住在一樓的一套公寓房里，背對著一條繁忙的街道。
    e.g. His garden backs onto a school.
           他的花園背朝一所學(xué)校。

2. 倒（車）；倒退
    When you back a car or other vehicle somewhere or when it backs somewhere, it moves backwards.

back在線翻譯

    e.g. He backed his car out of the drive...
           他把車倒出了私人車道。
    e.g. The train backed out of Adelaide Yard on to the Dublin-Belfast line...
           火車倒出了阿德萊德調(diào)車場，開上了都柏林-貝爾法斯特線。

3. 支持；資助
    If you back a person or a course of action, you support them, for example by voting for them or giving them money.

    e.g. There is a new witness to back his claim that he is a victim of mistaken identity.
           有新的目擊證人證明他的說法，他是被錯(cuò)認(rèn)了。
    e.g. ...if France cannot persuade all five permanent members of the Security Council to back the plan...
           如果法國不能說服安理會五個(gè)常任理事國都支持該計(jì)劃

4. 預(yù)測…獲勝；（通常指）下賭注于
    If you back a particular person, team, or horse in a competition, you predict that they will win, and usually you bet money that they will win.

    e.g. Roland Nilsson last night backed Sheffield Wednesday to win the UEFA Cup...
           昨晚羅蘭·尼爾森打賭謝菲爾德周三隊(duì)會捧得歐洲聯(lián)盟杯。
    e.g. The horse's owner Mr Hitchins backed him at 200-1 to finish in the first three...
           馬的主人希欽斯先生以200比1的賠率賭它獲得前三名。

5. 為…伴奏（或伴唱）
    If a singer is backed by a band or by other singers, they provide the musical background for the singer.

    e.g. She was backed by acoustic guitar, bass and congas.
           原聲吉他、貝斯和康茄鼓為她伴奏。

6. see also: backing

相關(guān)詞組：back awayback downback offback outback up