摘要：一看到go back大家是不是立刻回想到是“回到”、“返回”或者“重新出发”，“追溯到；回溯到”，“违背”。不错，这些都是这个词组的常见意思，它还有一个特别的含义：非常熟悉，已相识很久。请看经典例句：
一看到go back大家是不是立刻回想到是“回到”、“返回”或者“重新出发”，“追溯到；回溯到”，“违背”。不错，这些都是这个词组的常见意思，它还有一个特别的含义：非常熟悉，已相识很久。请看经典例句：
Do you ever want to go back to China?
你想过回中国去吗？
Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school.
格雷格回到美国为学校筹款。
Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school.
最后,他回到科尔菲,建造了这所学校。
Of course we want to go back some day ─ it's our country, our real home.
我们当然希望有一天能回去——那是我们的祖国，我们真正的家。
She had no great yearning to go back.
她并不十分想回去。
yearning /ˈjɜːrnɪŋ/ n.向往；渴望 adj.思慕的；渴望的
If I'd known this beforehand, I would not have gone back.
早知如此，我就不回去了。
beforehand /bɪˈfɔːrhænd/
adv.预先，事先；提前，超前
adj.预先准备好的；提前的，赶在前面的
Should I go back to the motel and wait for you to telephone?
我要回汽车旅馆等你电话吗？
The troops went back by the same route.
队伍从原路退回。
Then he went back to his seat.
然后他回到座位上去。
If I went back I'd be a stateless person
如果我回去，我就是个没有国籍的人了。
I went back to work on Monday
我周一回去上班了。
The firefighters went back into the house with scant regard for their own safety.
消防员奋不顾身地返回那座房子。
scant /skænt/
adj.不足的，欠缺的，贫乏的；少量的；将近的，差一点点的；一丁点的，微小的；过分节省的，吝啬的；刚刚够的，勉强够的
vt.少给，克扣；减少；限制；忽略；吝惜；节省；藐视；削弱
adv.几乎不；勉强地
'It never would have happened if Florette had not gone back for the book.' — 'That's life.'
“要是弗洛里特不回去取书就不会发生这样的事了。”——“这就是人生。”
He's gone back to London in a huff and good riddance
他已经怒气冲冲地回伦敦了，总算把他打发走了。
huff /hʌf/
v.
怒气冲冲；生气地说
n.
生气；气恼
‘Goodbye and good riddance!’ she said to him angrily as he left.
他离去时，她气愤地冲着他说：“再见吧，早走早好！”
She flushed the toilet and went back in the bedroom.
她冲完马桶回到卧室。
flush /flʌʃ/
v.
(用水)冲洗净，冲洗；冲(抽水马桶)；脸红；发红；（用水）冲走
n.
冲(抽水马桶)；脸红；潮红；(流露出的)一阵激情；一阵强烈情感；同花的一手牌
adj.
富有，很有钱(通常为短期的)；完全齐平
adv.
齐平地；直接地
I went back to bed
我回到床上。
Gregory poured another glass of white wine and went back to his bedroom.
格雷戈里又倒了一杯白葡萄酒后回到了卧室。
He had to go back to his hotel and prepare to catch a train for New York
他不得不回到酒店，准备赶火车去纽约。
Everyone thought I was mad to go back, but I wouldn't be moved.
大家都认为我回去是很不明智的，但我不会动摇。
While many models vow to go back to college, few do
很多模特发誓要重回大学校园，但很少有人做到。
vow/vaʊ/
n.
誓言；(尤指宗教的)誓约
v.
发誓；立誓；起誓
Amy went back to studying.
埃米重拾学业。
I don't want to go back there and drag up that anger again
我不想再回到那儿，重提那件气人的事。
drag sth↔up
提起（不愿回忆或谈论的事）
They would go back to their tribal lands.
他们会回到自己部族的地盘上。
tribal /ˈtraɪbl/
n.
部落；(尤指南亚的)部落成员
adj.
部落的；部族的
It proved an irresistible temptation to Hall to go back.
事实证明回去对霍尔是个不可抗拒的诱惑。
irresistible /ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbl/
adj.
不可抗拒的；无法抵制的；不可遏止的；忍不住想要的；极诱人的
temptation /tempˈteɪʃn/
n.
诱惑；引诱；煽诱人的事物
She hankered to go back to Australia.
她渴望回到澳大利亚。
hanker /ˈhæŋkər/
vi.
渴望，渴求（某事物），热切希望
n.
渴望，热切希望
It's a nuisance having to go back tomorrow.
明天不得不回去，真烦人。
I went back home. I couldn't get a job there, either.
我回家了。我在那里也找不到工作。
The rain was still coming down in buckets when we went back out.
我们回去时，外面的倾盆大雨仍然下个不停。
'He went back to the lab', Iris exclaimed impatiently
“他回实验室去了，”艾里斯不耐烦地大声说。
Her children went back every year to stay in a farmhouse near the cottage
她的孩子们每年都回去，住在小屋边的农舍里。
cottage /ˈkɑːtɪdʒ/
n.
小屋；(尤指)村舍，小别墅
She doesn't want to go back to her husband.
她不想回到丈夫的身边了。
He resolutely went back to the front.
他毅然决然地重返前线。
I think we should go back to first principles.
我认为我们应该回到基本原则上。
I go back on the dole when the shooting season's finished.
狩猎季节过后，我又重靠领取救济金过活。
dole /doʊl/
n.
救济金；失业救济金
v.
发放救济；以小份发给
If you go back to 1960, you'll find that very few jobs were being created.
如果回到1960年，你会发现工作机会寥寥无几。
The feud with the Catholics goes back to the 11th century...
与天主教的夙怨可以追溯到11世纪。
feud /fjuːd/
n.
世仇；长期不和；夙怨；争吵不休
vi.
长期争斗；争吵不休；世代结仇
This very thorough survey goes back to 1784
这个非常全面的调查可追溯到1784年。
Our model of what a garden should be often goes back to childhood.
我们对“花园应该是什么样”的观念常常可以追溯到童年。
The friendship between our two peoples goes back to ancient times.;
The river of our friendship runs a long course from a remote source.
我们两国人民的友谊源远流长。
remote /rɪˈməʊt/ adj.遥远的；偏远的；远程的；偏僻的；久远的；细微的；远亲的；相差很大的；关系较远的；不很友好的
n.远程
Our association with him goes back four years.
我们同他的合作是从4年前开始的。
The custom of lighting the Olympic flame goes back centuries
点燃奥林匹克圣火的习俗可以追溯到几个世纪前。
I think you should go back to your original plan.
我认为你应该回头执行你原来的计划。
The kids go back to school next week.
孩子们下周开学。
Could you go back to the beginning of the story?
你能不能回到故事的开头？
Try to go back to sleep.
再继续睡吧。
A lot of the money that you pay at the cinema goes back to the film distributors
你在电影院消费的一大部分钱都会回到电影发行商手里。
distributor/dɪˈstrɪbjətər/
n.
经销商；分销商；(发动机的)配电器，配电盘
Let me just go back to the point I was making.
请允许我再回到我刚才所提的观点。
We will go back to normal when things calm down
事态平息之后，我们将一切如常。
He hoped to get a new truck and go back on the road.
他希望能有一辆新的卡车，重新上路。
If you are not happy about a repair, go back and complain
如果你对修理效果不满意，可以再找他们投诉。
The budget crisis has forced the President to go back on his word.
预算危机迫使总统违背自己的承诺。
The President betrayed them when he went back on his promise not to raise taxes.
总统背叛了他们，违背了不加税的诺言。
You haven't gone back on your promise, have you?
你该不会反悔了吧？
You just made a promise and now you've gone back on it!
你怎么刚说了又不算了？
Later he went back on what he had said.
后来他又反悔了。
He never goes back on his word.
他从不食言。
We go back a long way, he and I.
我跟他，我们俩相识很久了。
Dave and I go back twenty years.
我和戴夫相识有二十年了。（很形象地相当于汉语里的于某人来往，交往，上下）
来源：翅膀英语一点号