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*an·swer¹ /`ænsə; ˈɑːnsə/
v [I,T]
1 to say something to someone when they have asked you a question or spoken to you 回答，答复，应答:
"I don't know," she answered. “我不知道，”她回答说。
answer a question I had to answer a lot of questions about my previous job. 我必须回答许多关于我前一份工作的问题。
answer sb Why don't you answer me? 你为什么不答复我？
+ that Clare answered that she was not interested in their offer. 克莱尔回答说她对他们所出的价不感兴趣。
2 answer the telephone/door to pick up the telephone when it rings or go to the door when someone knocks or rings the bell 接电话/应门
3 answer a letter/advertisement to reply to a letter or advertisement 回信/回覆广告
4 to reply to a question in a test, competition etc 回答〔测验、比赛中的问题〕:
Please answer as many questions as you can. 请尽量多答题。
answer backif someone, especially a child, answers back, he or she replies to an adult in a rude way 〔尤指小孩对大人无礼地〕回嘴; 跟…顶嘴:
Don't answer me back, young man! 别跟我顶嘴，年轻人！
answer for sth
to have to explain to someone about something wrong you have done, or to be punished for it 对…负责; 承受…后果［报应］:
One day you'll have to answer for this. 总有一天你要为此受报应。
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