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柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them. (口头) 回答
Just answer the question. 只回答这个问题。
He paused before answering. 他在回答前停了下来。
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. V-T/V-I If you answer a letter or advertisement, you write to the person who wrote it. 回复
Did he answer your letter?
他回复你的信了吗?
3. V-T/V-I 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. 应答
She answered her phone on the first ring. 她在响第一声铃时就接了电话。
4. N-COUNT Answer is also a noun. 应答
I knocked at the front door and there was no answer. 我敲了前门,没有应答。
5. V-T 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. (书面) 回答
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总是把试卷从头到尾读至少一遍。
6. V-T/V-I If someone or something answers a particular description or answers to it, they have the characteristics described. 符合
Two men answering the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland. 符合嫌疑犯特征的两个男人试图进入瑞士。
7. N-COUNT An answer is something that you say when you answer someone. 回答[also 'in' N 'to' n]
Without waiting for an answer, he turned and went in through the door. 他没有等候应答,转身进了门。
8. N-COUNT An answer is a letter that you write to someone who has written to you. 回信[also 'in' N 'to' n]
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。
9. N-COUNT An answer to a problem is a solution to it. 解决方法
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。
10. N-COUNT 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. 解答
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。
11. N-COUNT 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. 回应[also 'in' N 'to' n]
In answer to speculation that she wouldn't finish the race, she boldly declared her intention of winning it. 作为对她不会完成赛程的推测的回应,她大胆地宣布了她获胜的意图。
12. PHRASE 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. 不答应不罢休
She is tough, unwilling to take no for an answer. 她很难对付,不答应不肯罢休。
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answer /ˈɑːnsə/ (answering,answered,answers)
剑桥词典
- We need a definite answer by tomorrow .
- Can you figure out the answer to question 5?
- I'd like you to give me an honest answer.
- I'll think it over and give you an answer next week .
- The public has a right to expect truthful answers from politicians .
- I spent hours doing that calculation and I still got the answer wrong .
- Surely the answer's obvious - or are you being deliberately obtuse ?
- You got 20 percent of the answers right - that means one in every five.
- You'll never guess the answer - do you give in?
- His nimble mind calculated the answer before I could key the numbers into my computer .
answer noun [C] (REACTION)
a reaction to a question , letter , phone call , etc.回答;作答;答应;答复;答案
The minister promised to give a written answer to the MP's detailed question . 对于议员提出的那个涉及很多细节的问题,部长答应给予书面答复。
We've emailed him asking him if he's free on that date but we haven't had an answer yet . 我们已经发去邮件问他那天是否有空,但还没有收到回信。
I've just called him but there was no answer. 我刚给他打过电话,但没人接。
I didn't realize we had to write each answer on a new sheet of paper . 我没有意识到我们得把每一道题的答案单独写在另一张纸上。
I got eight correct answers and two wrong ones in last week's exam . 上周考试,我做对了八道题,做错了两道。
In answer to your letter of 30 May, I am writing to accept your offer of £3,575 in compensation . 兹复贵方5月30日来函,今特告我方接受贵方3575英镑赔偿金的提议。
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answer noun [C] (SOLUTION)
a solution to a problem解决办法
It's a difficult situation and I don't know what the answer is. 这种局面很棘手,我不知道该怎么办。
There's no easy answer to the problem . 要解决这个问题并非易事。
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