go home
go home — 慣用語
1. to leave the spot where you currently are and make your way back to the place wh
回家
離開現在的地方，回到自己居住的住處
to leave the spot where you currently are and make your way back to the place where you live now.
Caio felt tired after the long meeting, so he decided to go home early.
Caio 開完冗長的會議後很累，所以決定提早回家。
go home + early (typical adverb)
The rain started, and all the children at the park ran to go home.
開始下雨了，公園裡的孩子們都跑著要回家。
It was almost midnight when Putri finally caught a bus to go home.
Putri 終於搭上回家的公車時，幾乎已經半夜了。
After the shop closed, the workers locked the door and went home together.
商店打烊後，員工們鎖上門一起回家了。
Liang missed the last train, so he could not go home until morning.
Liang 錯過了最後一班火車，所以直到早上才能回家。
- head home
more casual; stresses starting the journey back
- return home
slightly more formal, written tone
- go out
leave home for an outing rather than coming back
文法句型
go home
go home + time/manner
用法筆記
Object-free by nature: never add 'to' before 'home' in this phrase (not 'go to home'). Distinguish from sense 2 — here 'home' means your current place, not the family town you grew up in.
常見錯誤
2. to make a trip back to the town or country where your family raised you, usually
返鄉
回到家人撫養你長大的家鄉探親
to make a trip back to the town or country where your family raised you, usually for a visit.
Nora studies in Berlin but flies home to Lagos every December for the holidays.
Nora 在柏林讀書，但每年十二月都會飛回 Lagos 的家鄉過節。
go/fly home for the holidays
After ten years abroad, Tariq finally saved enough money to go home.
在國外待了十年後，Tariq 終於存夠錢可以返鄉。
go home after years away
Padma calls her parents weekly, but she rarely gets a chance to go home.
Padma 每週都打電話給父母，但她很少有機會返鄉。
Marco went home to his village for his grandmother's eightieth birthday party.
Marco 為了參加奶奶的八十歲生日派對，回到他的家鄉村莊。
Many students go home during the long summer break to see old friends.
許多學生會在漫長的暑假期間返鄉，去見老朋友。
- go back home
adds the idea of a familiar place left earlier
- return to one's roots
more literary; stresses heritage rather than a single trip
文法句型
go home
go home for [occasion]
用法筆記
Subject is usually someone living away from their roots (a student, migrant, or worker abroad). Distinguish from sense 1 — the destination is the childhood family base, not wherever the speaker presently lives.