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的解釋
e.g. She turned back towards the crossroads... 她折回十字路口。 e.g. They were very nearly forced to turnback... 他們差點(diǎn)被迫返回。
2. 無(wú)法改變計劃;無(wú)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 turnback. 政府部門(mén)如今已經(jīng)簽署了那項法案，沒(méi)有挽回的余地。
turn back英英釋義
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 turnback 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 turnback