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中文： 向后、后、后面的

1. To or in a previous condition or place. · He gave back the money.· I left my mobile phone back at the hotel. I’ll have to go back and get it.
2. In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing. · Someone pushed me in the chest and I fell back.· The grandfather clock toppled back and crashed to the ground.
3. In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively. · Wind the film back a few frames.· Don’t forget to put the clocks back by one hour tonight!
4. Towards, into or in the past. · These records go back years.· He built a time machine and travelled back to 1800.
5. Away from someone or something; at a distance. · Keep back! It could explode at any moment!
6. Away from the front or from an edge (of something or someone). · Sit all the way back in your chair.· Step back from the curb.
7. So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so. · This tree is dying back.· Clear back all this vegetation.
8. In a manner that impedes. · Fear held him back.