turn back

折回； 返回

Suddenly a voice cried: "Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair, Linger not in this murderers' lair."(突然一个声音喊道：“回头，回头，美丽的少女，不要在这个凶手的巢穴里逗留。”)

We must turn back the global tobacco epidemic.(我们必须遏制全球烟草流行。)

Police attempted to turn back.(警察试图往回走。)

The villager is convinced that those foreign tourists will turn back because that road is being repaired.(村民相信那些外国游客会回来，因为那条道路正在修理之中。)

With the rain coming down harder, we decided to turn back.(雨越下越大，我们决定往回走了。)

The weather became so bad that they had to turn back.(天气变得非常恶劣，他们不得不循原路折回。)

His group was forced to turn back and take an alternate route.(他的小组被迫返回并采用了替代路线。)

Newlyweds turn back clock on deforestation.(新婚夫妇回头时钟毁林。)

The Senate has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back.(参议院现已同意了该议案，无法回头了。)

We have no choice but to turn back.(没办法，我们只有回去。)

verb

1. turn inside out or upside down

Synonym: invertreverse

2. go back to a previous state

e.g. We reverted to the old rules

Synonym: revertreturnretrovertregress

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: checkarreststopcontainhold 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 awaydrive outdrive awaydispeldrive offrun off

5. retrace one's course

e.g. The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back

Synonym: backtrackdouble back

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.

turn back的解释

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. 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。