1. 返回，回到（出发地）
When you return to a place, you go back there after you have been away.
e.g. Blair will return to London tonight...
今晚布莱尔将返回伦敦。
e.g. Our correspondent Stephen Sackur has just returned from the camps on the border...
我们的通讯记者斯蒂芬·萨克刚从边境的营地回来。
2. 返回;回来
Your return is your arrival back at a place where you had been before.
e.g. Ryle explained the reason for his sudden return to London.
赖尔解释了他突然返回伦敦的原因。
3. 归还;退还
If you return something that you have borrowed or taken, you give it back or put it back.
e.g. I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it...
我喜欢这本书，并且在还书时也这样说了。
e.g. The car was not returned on time, then was reported stolen.
这辆车没有按时归还，然后就报失了。
4. 放回;把…放到原处
If you return something somewhere, you put it back where it was.
e.g. He returned the notebook to his jacket.
他把笔记本放回到他的夹克里。
5. 回应，回报（行为或感情）
If you return someone's action, you do the same thing to them as they have just done to you. If you return someone's feeling, you feel the same way towards them as they feel towards you.
return的近义词
e.g. Back at the station the Chief Inspector returned the call...
探长回到警察局后回了电话。
e.g. She will be disappointed if her feelings are not returned.
如果她的感情得不到回报，她会感到非常失望。
6. (感觉或情况)重新出现，恢复
If a feeling or situation returns, it comes back or happens again after a period when it was not present.
e.g. Official reports in Algeria suggest that calm is returning to the country...
阿尔及利亚的官方报告表明这个国家正在恢复往日的平静。
e.g. The pain returned in waves.
疼痛又如潮水般阵阵袭来。
7. 恢复，回到(原来的状态)
If you return to a state that you were in before, you start being in that state again.
return在线翻译
e.g. Life has improved and returned to normal.
生活已经改善并恢复了正常。
8. 回到(某个话题)
If you return to a subject that you have mentioned before, you begin talking about it again.
return
e.g. The power of the Church is one theme all these writers return to.
所有这些作家都回归到了教会权力这个主题上。
9. 重新开始，继续（某项活动）
If you return to an activity that you were doing before, you start doing it again.
return的解释
e.g. At that stage he will be 52, young enough to return to politics if he wishes to do so.
那时他将会是52岁，还很年轻，如果他希望的话，仍可重返政坛。
10. 宣布(裁决)
When a judge or jury returns a verdict, they announce whether they think the person on trial is guilty or not.
return的解释
e.g. They returned a verdict of not guilty.
他们宣布了无罪的判决。
11. (票)双程的，往返的
A return ticket is a ticket for a journey from one place to another and then back again.
e.g. He bought a return ticket and boarded the next train for home.
他买了往返票，并登上了下一趟回家的火车。