go back
phrasal verb with go verb uk/ɡəʊ/ us/ɡoʊ/ going | went | gone
(RETURN)
B1 返回，回到
to return
That restaurant was terrible - I'm never going back there again. 那家饭店糟透了——我再也不会到那里去吃饭了。
I'll have to go back for my umbrella. 我得回去拿我的伞。
Do you think you'll ever go back to London? 你认为你还会回到伦敦去吗？
When do you go back to school? 你什么时候返校上课？
Let's go back to the beginning and start again. 让我们从头再来吧。
We can always go back to the original plan if necessary. 如果有必要的话，我们随时可以回头采用最初的计划。
- More examples
- After six months of chopping and changing, we've decided to go back to our old system.
- We realized we had taken the wrong road and had to go back.
- "I'm never going back to him," she said, setting her jaw firmly.
- Do you ever go back to any of our old stamping grounds?
- I'll just turn the car round and go back the way we've come.
返还，归还
to be returned
When are these library books supposed to go back ? 这些从图书馆借的书应该何时归还？
That TV will have to go back to the shop - it hasn't worked properly ever since I bought it. 那台电视得退给商店——从我买回来到现在老出故障。
(ORIGIN)
追溯到，回溯到
to have existed since a time in the past
Their relationship goes back to when they were at college together. 他们早在一起上大学时就开始交往了。
Our house goes back to (= has existed since) the 18th century. 我们的房子建于18世纪。