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

• Unless you want me to throw you back to the cops.
  除非你要我把你送给警察。
• I'll throw something back at you.
  我要扔回去给你。
• Let me do it once more; I can throw it back.
  让我再做一个，我可以扔回来。
• Once it reaches them, they can throw it back to you or anybody else they see.
  他们接到后，可以扔还给你，或者扔给别的任何人！
• When life throws you stones, throw them back!
  当生活扔给你块儿石头，你再扔回去。
• It will throw things back 10 years, but not 30.
  它会倒退到10年前，但不是30年前。
• You guys should throw her back in jail.
  你们应该把她带回监狱去。
• I love that it's kind of a throw back to anthemic pop songs of the80's.
  我喜欢这种带回到80年代的流行歌曲的类型。
• If we tear the starfish into several pieces and throw them back to the sea, every piece will grow into a new integral one.
  若把海星撕成几块抛入海中，每一碎块会很快重新长出失去的部分，从而长成几个完整的新海星来。
• 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。