Meaning
1. 收回，取回： 当你想要拿回你之前给出或借出的某物时，可以使用“take back”。例如，如果你把一件衣服借给朋友，后来想要要回来，你可以说：“I need to take back my jacket.”
2. 承认错误： 当你说了一些不当或不准确的话，并想要收回这些话时，可以使用“take back”。例如，如果你在争论中说了不该说的话，可以说：“I take back what I said.”
3. 使回忆起： “Take back”还可以用于描述某个事物使人回忆起过去的某段时光或事件。例如：“This song takes me back to my childhood.” 这句话的意思是“这首歌让我回忆起我的童年。”
这些是“take back”的主要用法，理解这些含义可以帮助你在不同的语境中正确地使用这个短语。Today's Sentences
- I didn’t mean it. I take it back.
- This old song takes me back to our summer road trips.
- Writer's Note
01
I didn’t mean it. I take it back.
Situation
Did you seriously just say my cooking tastes like cardboard?
I didn’t mean it.
I take it back.
我收回我的话。
Too late.
The spaghetti is now emotionally unavailable.
意大利面现在情感上无法接近。
Tell it I’m sorry and I’ll bring garlic bread as a peace offering.
02
This old song takes me back to our summer road trips.
Situation
Hey, listen!
They’re playing our song!
他们正在播放我们的歌！
This old song takes me back to our summer road trips.
Windows down and singing off-key.
I think we even took the extra long route, just to keep the music going.
Writer's Note
"Take back" is a transitive and separable phrasal verb.
- Transitive - Requires an object in the phrase for the sentence to make sense.
Example 1: That song really takes me back to high school.
Example 2: We took back the curtains and exchanged them for a different style.
Example 3: He took back what he said about the team. - Separable - An object can be placed between the particle "take" and the verb "back".
Example 1: I took the shoes back because they didn’t fit.
Example 2: The smell of rain takes me back to childhood summers.
Example 3: That photo takes me back to my first year abroad.
例子1: 那首歌真的让我想起了高中时代。
例子2: 我们把窗帘拿回去，换了个不同的款式。
例子3: 他收回了他对团队所说的话。
例子 1: I took the shoes back because they didn’t fit.
例子 2: The smell of rain takes me back to childhood summers.
例子 3: That photo takes me back to my first year abroad.
Related Words: Apologize, cancel, disavow, recant, recall, reclaim, recoup, redress, refute, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, undo, withdraw.
