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returning + noun
returning 作形容词时通常前置修饰名词，表示“返回的、回归的”，常用来形容回到先前状态或地方的人或事物。
Returning students must register before the semester starts.
返校学生必须在学期开始前注册。
返回的；回归的
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返回的；回归的
tending to return to an earlier state or to be turned back
Returning students must register before the semester starts.
返校学生必须在学期开始前注册。
回归的；回复原状的
tending to return to an earlier state
折返的；返回的
tending to be turned back
Returning travelers are required to show a negative test result.
返回的旅客需要出示阴性检测结果。
The returning alumni were given a tour of the new buildings.
返回的校友们参观了新建筑。
The returning sound of the gong signaled the end of the ceremony.
返回的锣声标志着仪式的结束。
returning 作形容词时通常前置修饰名词，表示“返回的、回归的”，常用来形容回到先前状态或地方的人或事物。
Returning students must register before the semester starts.
返校学生必须在学期开始前注册。
Not this
The return students are waiting for the bus.
Use this
The returning students are waiting for the bus.
“return”是动词或名词，不能直接作定语修饰名词；表示“正在返回的”应用现在分词形容词“returning”。
Not this
The returning back birds are flying south.
Use this
The returning birds are flying south.
“returning”本身已包含“返回/回来”之意，再加“back”会造成语义重复，应删去多余的“back”。
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归来的旅客
Returning travelers must fill out a health declaration form.
归来的旅客必须填写健康申报表。
归来的老兵
The town held a parade for returning veterans.
该镇为归来的老兵举行了游行。
返校学生
Returning students can register for classes online.
返校学生可以在线注册课程。
返乡难民
The UN helped returning refugees rebuild their homes.
联合国帮助返乡难民重建家园。
回返的潮水
The returning tide swept the sandcastles away.
回返的潮水冲走了沙堡。
重起炉灶，重新开始
After the prototype failed, the team is returning to the drawing board.
原型失败后，团队正在重新开始。
回到集体，重新归队
He spent years as an outsider, but now he is returning to the fold.
他多年游离在外，如今正重新回归集体。
回归本原，重返故土
After a successful career in the city, she is returning to her roots in the countryside.
在城市拥有成功事业后，她正回到乡村的故土。
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记忆：re(回)+turn(转)，转回来=返回的、回归的。
语域：formal 常见场景：scientific literature、academic writing、formal reports 该形容词义项多用于正式或书面语境，比较常见于学术或技术类描述；日常口语中较少单独使用。
常与介词to搭配，表示'回返到…'。
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