answer
n. 答案, 回答, 回报, 答辩 vt. 回答, 反驳, 适应, 响应, 符合 vi. 回答, 答应, 负责, 符合, 成功 [计] 用户问题及答案新闻组
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教材释义与例句
回答；答案；答辩
something you say when you reply to a question that someone has asked you
回答；符合
to say something to someone as a reply when they have asked you a question, made a suggestion etc
释义与例句
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1.
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
回答
回复
回信
Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.
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2.
A solution to a problem.
解答
答案
There is no simple answer to corruption.
Violence is not the answer to disagreements.
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3.
Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
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A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
法律
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1.
To make a reply or response to.
回答
答应
答复
及物/不及物He answered the question.
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2.
To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
及物to answer a charge or accusation
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3.
To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
及物/不及物She answered the door.
Nobody answered when I knocked on the door.
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4.
To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
及物/不及物It answers the need.
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To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
The man must answer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care.
He has a lot to answer for.
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6.
To file a document in response to a complaint.
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To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna, Dublin: G. Burnet et al., 1794, Act II, Scene 2, p. 25, Egad, I wish she had answer’d her picture as well.
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To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
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To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
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To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
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To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
He answered my claim upon him.
The servant answered the bell.
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To render account to or for.
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To atone for; to be punished for.
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To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
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同义词 6
反义词 1
上位词 5
下位词 9
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarō Proto-Germanic *andaswarō Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru Old English andswaru Middle English answere English answer From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) + swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge". The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andaswarō (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andswōr (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”).
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