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answer
[英] [ˈɑ:nsə] [美] [ˈænsɚ] 生词本

vt.& vi.

n.

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1. VERB 回答;答复 When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them. 

  • I knew Ben was lying when he answered me...

    我知道本回答我时在撒谎。

  • Just answer the question...

    只回答问题。

  • He paused before answering...

    他停顿了一下才回答。

2. N-COUNT 回答；答复 An answer is something that you say when you answer someone. 

  • Without waiting for an answer, he turned and went in through the door...

    未等答复，他就转身进了门。

  • I don't quite know what to say in answer to your question.

    我不太清楚如何回答你的问题。

3. PHRASE 接受反对意见;接受拒绝 If you say that someone will not take no for an answer, you mean that they go on trying to make you agree to something even after you have refused. 

  • She is tough, unwilling to take no for an answer...

    她很强硬，不达目的誓不罢休。

  • He would never take no for an answer.

    他从来都坚持己见。

4. VERB 回（信）；回复（广告） If you answer a letter or advertisement, you write to the person who wrote it. 

  • Did he answer your letter?...

    他给你回信了吗？

  • She answered an advert for a job as a cook.

    她看到一则招聘厨师的广告后写信应征。

5. N-COUNT 回信;复函 An answer is a letter that you write to someone who has written to you. 

  • I wrote to him but I never had an answer back...

    我写了信给他，但一直没收到回信。

  • She wrote to Roosevelt's secretary in answer to his letter of the day before.

    她写了信给罗斯福的秘书，回复罗斯福前一天的来信。

6. VERB 接（电话）；应（门）；应答 When you answer the telephone, you pick it up when it rings. When you answer the door, you open it when you hear a knock or the bell. 

  • She answered her phone on the first ring...

    电话刚一响，她就接了。

  • A middle-aged woman answered the door.

    一个中年妇女应声开了门。

  • Answer is also a noun.

    • I knocked at the front door and there was no answer.

      我敲了敲前门，没有人应。

7. N-COUNT 解决办法 An answer to a problem is a solution to it. 

  • There are no easy answers to the problems facing the economy...

    解决经济所面临的问题并非易事。

  • Prison is not the answer for most young offenders...

    就大多数年轻的犯法者来说，把他们关进监狱不是解决问题的办法。

  • Legislation is only part of the answer.

    立法只是解决方案中的一部分。

8. N-COUNT 答案 Someone's answer to a question in a test or quiz is what they write or say in an attempt to give the facts that are asked for. The answer to a question is the fact that was asked for. 

  • Simply marking an answer wrong will not help the pupil to get future examples correct...

    仅仅在答案上打叉号不会有助于学生做对日后的题目。

  • Below are printed the answers to the Brain of Soccer 1993 quiz.

    以下所印的是1993年“脑力足球”小测验的答案。

9. VERB 解答;答（题） When you answer a question in a test or quiz, you write or say something in an attempt to give the facts that are asked for. 

  • To obtain her degree, she answered 81 questions over 10 papers.

    为获得学位，她回答了10页纸上的81个问题。

10. N-COUNT 反应；回报；回应；反击 Your answer to something that someone has said or done is what you say or do in response to it or in defence of yourself. 

  • In answer to speculation that she wouldn't finish the race, she boldly declared her intention of winning it.

    为了回应她会中途退赛的猜测，她大胆地宣布她要赢得这场比赛。

11. VERB 反应;回报;回应;反击 If you answer something that someone has said or done, you respond to it. 

  • He answered her smile with one of his own...

    他对她的微笑回以同礼。

  • That statement seemed designed to answer criticism of allied bombing missions.

    那份声明似乎是专门就联合轰炸任务的批评作出反击。

12. N-SING （某地）与…相似的东西，相当于…的东西 If you say that something is a place's answer to a famous thing, you mean that the first thing is the equivalent of the second in that place. 

  • Cachaca is Brazil's answer to tequila.

    巴西甜酒相当于是巴西的龙舌兰酒。

13. VERB 满足，适合，符合（需要、目的） If something answers a need or purpose, it satisfies it, because it has the right qualities. 

  • We provide specially designed shopping trolleys to answer the needs of parents with young children.

    我们提供特别设计的购物车，以满足带幼儿的父母的需要。

14. VERB 与…相符；符合 If someone or something answers a particular description or answers to it, they have the characteristics described. 

  • Two men answering the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland...

    与描述的疑犯样子相符的两名男子试图进入瑞士。

  • The Japanese never built any aircraft remotely answering to this description.

    日本人从未制造过与此描述有丝毫相近的飞机。

相关词组：
answer back  answer for 
Noun

1. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation;

  • "I waited several days for his answer"
  • "he wrote replies to several of his critics"

2. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;

  • "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"
  • "the answers were in the back of the book"
  • "he computed the result to four decimal places"

3. the speech act of replying to a question

4. the principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff'

5. a nonverbal reaction;

  • "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"
  • "their answer was to sue me"
Verb

1. reply or respond to;

  • "She didn't want to answer"
  • "answer the question"
  • "We answered that we would accept the invitation"

2. give the correct answer or solution to;

  • "answer a question"
  • "answer the riddle"

3. respond to a signal;

  • "answer the door"
  • "answer the telephone"

4. understand the meaning of;

  • "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"

5. give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument);

  • "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"

6. be liable or accountable;

  • "She must answer for her actions"

7. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;

  • "A few words would answer"
  • "This car suits my purpose well"
  • "Will $100 do?"
  • "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"
  • "Nothing else will serve"

8. match or correspond;

  • "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"

9. be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of;

  • "This may answer her needs"

10. react to a stimulus or command;

  • "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"

法律

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  • 1.应答，回答，答复[A,ANS]
  • 2.响应，
1. "Maybe" is an indecisive answer.
“也许”是个不明确的回答。

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2. A frank question on his part led to a frank answer on mine.
他问题提得直率，因此我也回答得坦诚。

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3. A funny answer might dry her up for a short time.
一个滑稽可笑的回答会使她短时间内说不下去。

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4. A gentle answer quietens anger.
婉言释怒。

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5. A good share of the answer rested in the kind of pride that is stimulated by the job, by the activity of accomplishing.
答案很大程度上在于工作和成就所激发出来的那种自豪。

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6. A nod was her only answer.
点了下头是她仅有的反应。

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7. A suitable answer has already been put forward by the chairman.
一个合适的解决办法已由主席提出。

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8. A suitable answer has already been put forward by the chairwoman.
一个合适的解决办法已由女主席提出。

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9. All I have to do in my job is answer the phone occasionally—it's money for old rope.
我的全部工作只是偶尔接个电话，这钱赚得容易极了。

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10. All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.
所有报考者都能对答如流。

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11. All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.
设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。

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12. Answer a fool according to his folly.
按愚人的蠢话回答愚人。

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13. Answer the following questions.
回答下列问题。

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14. Answer these questions, using the words in parentheses. Put the apostrophe in the right place.
用句后括号中的词或词组来回答问题，注意撇号的位置。

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15. Answer up when the judge asks you a question.
法官问你问题时，你要照实回答。

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16. Begin at question 1 and answer all the questions.
从第一个问题开始，回答所有的问题。

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17. Can you answer this riddle?
你能猜出这个谜语吗？

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18. Does my answer come anywhere near the correct one?
我的答案是否接近正确？

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19. Don't answer back; it's not polite.
不要顶嘴，这样显得你没教养。

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20. Don't answer by guess, work the problem out.
不要凭猜想回答，把这道题算出来。

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