way back

基本解释

He had never found his way back to that Paradise of innocence, in spite of all conceivable efforts.
此后他再也找不到回归那纯真的天堂的道路，尽管他为之做出一切可以设想的努力。
Like, if you need to have him pick up the laundry on the way back from office, he might "suddenly" have a very important meeting spring up.
例如，你如果要他在下班回家的途中去洗衣店取回洗完的衣服，这时候他会突然告诉你他临时有一个非常重要的会议。
Until now, some residents have managed to talk their way back into the evacuation zone; soon, the area probably would be closed even to the police, sealed up like some nuclear tomb.
现在已经有一些居民成功的返回了隔离区，可是不久，这个区域很可能就会被完全封闭起来——即使警方也无法进入——如同一座死寂的坟墓。

On her way back, on a Saturday evening in June, when she was almost here, the Indians captured her.
I remember my first exposure way back in the 60s was a photo of the Biafra famine you remember in the civil war in Nigeria.
我记得我第一次感受到贫困，是在60年代,那是一张关于尼日利亚饥荒的照片,你应该记得，是尼日利亚内战期间。
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The markets are saying they're going to go all the way back to one, which was the low for short-term rates.
市场正在表明,他们将会全力以赴回归到，短期利率很低的时代。
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He laid the bikes down on the curb and worked his way back—quietly—to take a closer look.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Killer Weekend'