1. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. 这场抢劫只持续了3分钟,因为窃贼争先恐后地爬上轿车,以惊人的速度开跑了。
2. The porter went to fetch one and arrived back with the station master, 搬运工跑回去取时刻表,同时请来了站长。
3. They examined the remains and John got all his money back. 他们鉴定了这些残留物。约翰拿回了他损失的全部数额。
4. The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France. 法国政府让人把飞机包装起来,一部分一部分地搬回法国。
5. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. 他在那儿被一个警察抓住了,之后被当局送回了英国。
6. The African kept trying to escape — which in those days was to attempt the impossible — and each time he was caught and brought back. “老非洲”一直企图逃跑——但在当时要逃走是不可能的——每一次他都被抓住给带了回来。
7. The story of our calendar dates back to the dawn of civilization. 日历的故事可以追溯至人类文明的初期。
8. There were great meetings at which the cry was, "Give us back our 11 days!" 还举行了许多大型的集会来呼吁“还给我们11天!”。
9. Tom swept his brush artistically back and forth — stepped back to note the effect — added a touch here and there — criticized the effect again. 汤姆艺术家般地将刷子来来回回地掠过——后退几步看看效果——不时地这儿那儿再加上一笔——再挑剔一下。
10. The next important advance in understanding malaria came in the 17th century, when many newly discovered plants in the New World were sent back to Europe to be used as medicines. 在疟疾理解方面接下来的一个重要进展发生在17世纪,这时,很多在新世界新发现的植物被送回到欧洲用作药材。