turn back

引き返す

向きを変えて、来た場所のほうへ戻ること。

やさしい英語で： To change direction and go towards the place you came from.

• It is late; let us turn back.
• We turned back when the path became too steep.
• Should we turn back before the storm arrives?

類義語： go back, return

反対語： continue

よく使う表現： turn back home, turn back now

追い返す、通行を拒否する

人が入ったり先へ進んだりするのを断り、引き返させること。

やさしい英語で： To stop someone from entering a place or continuing their journey.

• The guards turned us back.
• Visitors without tickets were turned back at the entrance.
• Will the border police turn them back without passports?

使い方： turn someone back at/from somewhere (They turned us back at the border.)

類義語： turn away, refuse entry

反対語： admit

よく使う表現： turn back someone, turn someone back, turn back visitors

撃退する、押し戻す

人や物を、来た方向へ押し戻すこと。

やさしい英語で： To force someone or something to move back towards where they came from.

• The guards turned back the attackers.
• Heavy gunfire turned the enemy troops back.
• The defenders managed to turn back another assault.

使い方： turn back someone/something (The defenders turned back the advancing troops.)

類義語： repel, drive back

よく使う表現： turn back someone, turn someone back, turn back troops

戻す、遅らせる

時計の時刻を前に戻したり、装置を以前の設定に戻したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To change a clock or other control to an earlier or previous setting.

• Turn the clock back tonight.
• We turned our clocks back by an hour.
• Have you turned the dial back to its original setting?

使い方： turn something back by an amount (Turn the clock back by one hour.)

類義語： set back, reset

反対語： advance

よく使う表現： turn something back, turn back clocks

元に戻る

以前の状態や行動、暮らし方に戻ること。

やさしい英語で： To return to a condition, behaviour, or way of life you had before.

• He turned back to his old ways.
• In the story, the prince turns back into a frog.
• After years abroad, she turned back to her former way of life.

使い方： turn back to something (He turned back to his old habits.); turn back into something (The prince turned back into a frog.)

類義語： revert, return

よく使う表現： turn back again, turn back eventually

折り返す

端や一部を折り、裏側が見えるようにすること。

やさしい英語で： To fold an edge or part of something so the other side becomes visible.

• Turn back the corner of the page.
• She turned the sheet back before getting into bed.
• He turned back his cuffs to show the lining.

使い方： turn something back (Turn the top of the sheet back over the blanket.)

類義語： fold back

よく使う表現： turn something back, turn back cuffs