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 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。
• Throw him back in the rig.
  把他扔到后车厢去。
• 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！
• Throw it back to me.
  把沙包扔回来给我。
• If you don't like what you catch, you can throw it back.
  如果对抓的鱼不满意，你可以把它仍回去。
• His father would throw back his straight black hair.
  他爸爸很可能会把那一头直翘翘的黑发往后一甩。
• 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。
• 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 like to throw back what I catch.
  我喜欢把钓到的鱼放回去。
• Hitler with his misanthropic ideas tried to destroy Russia and throw us back behind the Urals.
  希特勒带着他恶毒的想法想要摧毁俄罗斯，把我们赶到乌拉尔山的另一面。