return trip
return trip — 名詞
1. A journey from one place to another and then back to the starting point.
往返行程
去目的地再回出發點的旅程
A journey from one place to another and then back to the starting point.
The return trip from Taipei to Kaohsiung takes about ninety minutes by high-speed rail.
從台北到高雄的往返行程，搭乘高鐵大約需要九十分鐘。
return trip + from [place] to [place]
Hamza bought a return-trip ticket to London for his summer holiday.
Hamza 買了一張去倫敦的往返機票，準備放暑假。
hyphenated modifier: return-trip ticket
Constanza was exhausted after the six-hour return trip to her grandmother's house.
Constanza 開了六小時的往返車程去奶奶家，累壞了。
A return trip on this ferry costs forty dollars per adult passenger.
這艘渡輪的往返票每位成人乘客收費四十美元。
Rohan packed sandwiches and water for the long return trip through the mountains.
Rohan 為那趟穿越山區的漫長往返行程準備了三明治和水。
- round trip
Interchangeable in most contexts; 'round trip' is far more common in US English, while 'return trip' is also used in British English.
- journey there and back
More informal and descriptive; often used in travel narratives.
- return journey
Slightly more formal; commonly used in British English for a two-way trip.
- one-way trip
A journey to a destination without returning to the starting point.
- outward journey
Specifically the first half of a return trip — the leg from the starting point to the destination.
用法筆記
Can also refer specifically to the journey back (the return leg), as in 'The return trip was faster than the outward journey.' In US English, 'round trip' is more common for the full two-way journey.