answer to

短语

与…一致,符合;因…而起作用

词形变化

answered to answering to answers to 三单 answers to answering to 现在分词 answered to 过去式 answered to 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to.

    对……负责任

    I'm above you in the hierarchy, Jim, so you should be answering to me.

  2. 2.

    To justify oneself to (someone). (usually with have to)

    You're going to have to answer to all of these charges to my satisfaction.

  3. 3.

    To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name.

    She's answered to Katie her entire life.