answer n. 1.回答,答復(fù)。 2.解答,答案。 3.答辯,抗辯。 4.報(bào)復(fù)。 an answer to a question 某問題的解答。 have no answer to (sb.'s letter) 無回音[回信]。 in answer to …以回答,為答復(fù)(抗議等)而。 one who knows all the answers 〔美俚〕萬事通;老世故。 The answer's a lemon. 〔回答荒唐提問時(shí)用語〕你這個(gè)(可笑的)問題,無法回答;廢話! vt. 1.答,回答,答復(fù);答應(yīng)。 2.解答,答辯。 3.報(bào)復(fù)。 4.適合;符合。 5.盡(責(zé)),償(債)。 6.響應(yīng)。 answer a charge 對(duì)控告做出答辯。 answer a debt 償還債務(wù)。 answer a letter 回信。 answer a riddle 解謎。 answer blows with blows 以眼還眼,以牙還牙。 answer the bell [door] 應(yīng)聲開門。 vi. 1.回答;答辯,辯解。 2.負(fù)責(zé),保證;抵償。 3.適合;符合,一致。 4.見效,成功。 answer (to) the purpose of... 可用作…。 Gypsum answers as manure. 石膏可作肥料。 Everything answered. 事事順利[如愿]。answer for 負(fù)…的責(zé)任,保證;償(罪),負(fù)責(zé)(受處分);代(被問人)回答(I'll answer for her safety. 我將為她的安全負(fù)責(zé)。 answer for a crime 負(fù)罪責(zé)。 I won't answer for what I'll be doing. 我就老實(shí)不客氣了)。 answer to 回答;符合。 answer to the name of 叫做,名叫(The dog answers to the name of John. 這只狗叫做約翰)。 answer up 應(yīng)答快(answer up to a question 立刻回答問題)。
answer for 保證,負(fù)責(zé); 對(duì)…負(fù)有責(zé)任; 對(duì)負(fù)責(zé); 對(duì)…負(fù)責(zé);保證;起…作用; 對(duì)…負(fù)責(zé);符合…; 為……負(fù)責(zé)任
He awaited her answer with impatience . 他迫不及待地等待著她的回音。
I would answer with a shrug of my shoulders . 我總是聳聳肩回答。
He awaited her answer with impatience . 他焦急地等待她的答覆。
I padded out my answer with plenty of quotations . 我用了大量引文填補(bǔ)我的答案。
He answered with a calm voice . 他以平靜的聲音回答。
He answered with perfect aplomb . 他沉著地回答。
He answered with spirit . 他回答得很帶勁兒。
I compared my answers with the teacher 's and found i had made a mistake . 我把我的答案和老師的對(duì)照一下,發(fā)現(xiàn)我有個(gè)地方錯(cuò)了。
She would probably have answered with a sigh that none now could help us but the dead . 她大概會(huì)嘆息一聲回答說,現(xiàn)在除了死人外,沒有一個(gè)人能幫助我們。
"their messiah came," i answered with reverence, "but he came poor and lowly, and they would have none of him. " “他們的彌賽亞降臨了,”我不勝崇敬地回答,“但是他又窮又卑微,他們根本不需要他。”