there-and-back:指“往返的;去一趟再回来”的(常用于形容往返行程/路线/旅程)。也可更口语地表示“来回折腾一圈”。
/ˌðeər ənd ˈbæk/
I booked a there-and-back ticket.
我订了一张往返票。
The expedition became a there-and-back journey in the most literal sense: they reached the ridge at dusk and turned back immediately as the storm rolled in.
这次远征成了字面意义上的“往返之旅”:他们黄昏时到达山脊,暴风雨逼近时又立刻折返。
由副词 there(到那里)+ 连词 and(和)+ 副词 back(返回)组合而成,是英语中常见的“并列结构”表达,用来概括一种去—回的动作路径。该表达在旅行叙述中尤其常见,并因文学作品标题而广为人知。