| 词组 | bring back |
| 释义 | bring back 1. bring back sth/sb • bring sth/sb back to bring something or someone with you when you return from somewhere: ▪ The ivory elephant was a souvenir that Winston had brought back from India. bring sb back sth ▪ If you're going down to the store, would you bring me back a six-pack of beer? 2. bring back sth • bring sth back to start to have or use a law, system, method etc, that was used in the past but has not been used recently: ▪ They should bring back the death penalty for murder - at least that's what I think. ▪ They're bringing back the old electric trams to help solve the city's public transport problems. + to ▪ Zyuganov's party would like to bring Communist rule back to Russia. ■ SIMILAR TO: restore formal 3. bring back sth • bring sth back to make a feeling or quality begin to exist again in a place, situation etc + to ▪ It was hoped that the agreement would bring peace back to the streets of Beirut. ▪ a contest that should bring back excitement to heavyweight boxing ■ SIMILAR TO: restore formal 4. bring back sth • bring sth back to make someone remember or think of something that they experienced in the past: bring back memories ▪ Hearing that song always brought back sweet memories of a certain night in Santa Cruz. bring it all back (=make someone remember everything about an experience) ▪ "The film brought it all back to me," said 78-year old Jack Riley, who had fought in the war himself as a young man. 5. bring back sth • bring sth back to return something to the shop where you bought it, for example because you are not satisfied with it or you want to exchange it for something else: ▪ If you don't like it, you can always bring it back. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑return 6. bring back sb • bring sb back to give someone the job or the position of authority that they had in the past: ▪ After two bad seasons Johnson resigned, and the directors voted to bring back the former manager, Alf Stephens. ■ SIMILAR TO: reinstate 7. bring sb back • bring back sb to make someone who has just died become alive again: ▪ I wish she would recognise the fact that Albert is dead and gone, and nothing can ever bring him back bring sb back to life ▪ Kenna - full of hope - tried to bring him back to life by applying the magic herb known as moly. |
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