一、首先,必须知道:
get back to do sth 和go back to do sth“恢复做某事,重新做某事”前者强调状态;后者强调动作;
get back to sth 和go back to sth“回到某事” “回到(原来的话题、地点)”“重新开始”几乎可以互换;
get back to sb“回复某人”
go back to sb“回到某人身边”
二、在外企工作过的同学都知道,老外要表示“稍后回复你”,经常说I will get back to you soon。这里的get back to you等于reply to you,意思是“回复”。可以用在邮件英语和电话英语里面。
于是有同学有疑问用go back to you 可以吗?短语get back to 和go back to 有什么差别吗?很多同学,还是不能好好区分它们的差别,现在就好好讨论这个问题。
关于go back to 的用法:
其实也有go back to you 这个表达,意思是“回到你身边”,并不是“回复你”。比如:
Whatever you throw away, it'll go back to you.
人们扔出去了什么,但是它终会回来。
go back to 后面可以接动词,表示“恢复做某事,重新做某事”,更多时候强调的是动作,比如:
I now look forward to going back to work as soon as possible...
我现在渴望尽早回到工作岗位。
go back to 也可以接名词,意思是“回到(原来的话题或地点)”,比如:
Let me just go back to the point I was making.
请允许我再回到我刚才所提的观点。
Do you ever want to go back to China?
你想过回中国去吗?(强调动作)
After a number of mishaps she did manage to get back to Germany
经历了一番波折之后,她终于设法返回德国。(强调状态)
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He was supposed to go back to Bergen on the last bus, but of course the accidentprevented him
他本来要乘最后一班汽车回卑尔根,但当然,这起事故使他没能回去。
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关于get back to的用法:
Get back to do sth是“重新回到某种状态”,强调的是“回到原来的状态或者形式”。
I think I ought to get back to work.
我想我该回去工作了。
I couldn't get back to sleep.
我再也睡不着了。
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Dave was in a hurry to get back to work
戴夫急于回到工作岗位。
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Get back to sth 意思是“回到某事上(地点)”。
Could we get back to the question of funding?
我们回到资金问题上来,好吗?
Then life started to get back to normal
随后生活又恢复了正常。
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We will go back to normal when things calm down
事态平息之后,我们将一切如常。
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Nurtured carefully, the business can once again get back to basics.
只要用心经营,公司可以重回正轨。
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'Now then,' Max said, 'to get back to the point.'
“好吧”,马克斯说,“回到正题上来。”
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It wasn't until we had sat down to eat that we got back to the subject of Tom Halliday.
我们直到坐下来吃饭时才又提起汤姆·哈利迪这个话题。
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I didn't get back to Brussels until after my demob
我在复员之后才回到了布鲁塞尔。
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She'd ring around and get back to me
她会打上一圈电话,最后又来找我。
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We've been trying to get back to you, Tom, but we think we took your numberdown incorrectly
汤姆,我们一直试着给你回电话,可是,或许我们把你的号码写错了。
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三、我们来总结一下;get back to do sth 和go back to do sth 其实可以互换,前者侧重表达状态,后者侧重动作;get back to sth 和go back to sth都是“回到某事”,意思相近;get back to sb 意思是“回复某人”,而go back to sb 是“回到某人身边”,这个意思就相差远了。
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