throw back

英 [θrəʊ bæk]

美 [θroʊ bæk]

翻旧账; 揭疮疤; 不得不动用，只好依靠（自己的能力或资源）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 翻旧账;揭疮疤
  If youthrowsomethingback ata person, you remind them of something bad they did in the past, in order to upset them.
  1. I should never have told you that. I knew you'd throw it back at me.
     我压根儿就不该把那件事告诉你，我就知道你会翻我的老账的。
• PHRASAL VERB 不得不动用，只好依靠(自己的能力或资源)
  If someoneis thrown back ontheir own powers or resources, they have to use them, because there is nothing else they can use.
  1. We are constantly thrown back on our own resources.
     我们总是不得不自谋出路。

英英释义

verb

• throw back with a quick, light motion
  1. She tossed back her head
  Synonym:toss back

双语例句

• If I don't throw them back into the sea, they'll die up here from lack of oxygen.
  如果我不把它们放入海洋里，他们会因为缺氧而死掉的。
• You guys should throw her back in jail.
  你们应该把她带回监狱去。
• Let me do it once more; I can throw it back.
  让我再做一个，我可以扔回来。
• If my shoemaker turn me out an excellent pair of boots, and I, in some mood of cantankerous unreason, throw them back upon his hands, the man has just cause of complaint.
  假如我的鞋匠给我做出一双极好的靴子，而我却因为心情不好，缺乏理性，猛地把它们扔到他手上，那么他是有正当理由抱怨的。
• We are constantly thrown back on our own resources.
  我们总是不得不自谋出路。
• A player on the other team had to catch the ball before it touched the ground and throw it back.
  发球员把球发过网，另一组的一个球员在球落地之前，接住球，并把球投回来。
• There is no reason to throw it back in his face. It reveals your insecurities, and looks unattractive.
  没有理由回击他，这会显示出你的局促不安和看起来毫无吸引力。
• Throw him back in the rig.
  把他扔到后车厢去。
• Yandry said we ought to throw you back, but the lad forbade it.
  杨恩德里认为我们把你扔回去比较好，但是男孩没让。
• Throw it back to me.
  把沙包扔回来给我。