新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

answer

英  [ˈɑːnsə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • answers

    1[C 可数名词] 应答

    An answer is when someone picks up the telephone when you ring them. An answer is also when someone opens the door when you knock on it or ring the bell.

    双语例句

    例:

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

    我敲了前门,没有应答。

    2[C 可数名词] 回答

    An answer is something that you say when you answer someone.

    近义词

    reply , response

    双语例句

    例:

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

    他没有等候答复,转身进了门。

    例:

    I asked him a question but I didn't get an answer.

    我问了他一个问题,但并没有得到回答。

    3[C 可数名词] 回信

    An answer is a letter that you write to someone who has written to you.

    近义词

    reply , response

    双语例句

    例:

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

    我给他写了信,但是我从未收到回信。

    4[C 可数名词] 解决方法

    An answer to a problem is a solution to it.

    近义词

    solution

    双语例句

    例:

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

    经济所面临的问题没有简单的解决方法。

    例:

    Prison is not the answer for most young offenders.

    就大多数青年罪犯来说,把他们关进监狱不能解决问题。

    例:

    Legislation is only part of the answer.

    立法只能解决部分问题。

    5[C 可数名词] 解答

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

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

    只将某个解答判为错误不会帮助学生答对以后的例题。

    6[C 可数名词] 回应

    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.

    近义词

    reply , response

    双语例句

    例:

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

    为了回应说她不会完成赛程的推测,她大胆地宣布了她获胜的意图。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • answer back

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 顶嘴

    If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.

    双语例句

    例:

    My youngest child is eight and she has started answering back too.

    我最小的孩子8岁,她也已经开始顶嘴了。

  • answer for

    1[PHRASAL 短语] (为所做的不好或错误的事)付出代价

    If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it.

    双语例句

    例:

    He must be made to answer for his terrible crimes.

    必须让他为他的深重罪行付出代价。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • have a lot to answer for

    1负有很大责任

    If you say that someone has a lot to answer for, you are saying that their actions have led to problems which you think they are responsible for.

  • not to take no for an answer

    1不答应不罢休

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

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

    她很难对付,不答应不肯罢休。

    VERB. 动词
  • answers , answering , answered

    1[I 不及物动词] (口头)回答

    When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.

    近义词

    reply , respond

    双语例句

    例:

    Just answer the question.

    只回答问题。

    例:

    He paused before answering.

    他停顿了一下才回答。

    例:

    Williams answered that he had no specific proposals yet.

    威廉斯回答说他还没有具体的提议。

    2[I 不及物动词] 回复

    If you answer a letter or advertisement, you write to the person who wrote it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Did he answer your letter?

    他回复你的信了吗?

    3[I 不及物动词] 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.

    双语例句

    例:

    She answered her phone on the first ring.

    她在响第一声铃时就接了电话。

    4[T 及物动词] (书面)回答

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Always read an exam all the way through at least once before you start to answer any questions.

    在开始回答任何问题之前,一定要把试卷从头到尾至少读一遍。

    5[I 不及物动词] 符合

    If someone or something answers a particular description or answers to it, they have the characteristics described.

    近义词

    fit

    双语例句

    例:

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

    两名与嫌疑犯特征相符的男子试图进入瑞士。