answer

noun

1. a nonverbal reaction

e.g. his answer to any problem was to get drunk
their answer was to sue me

2. the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere)
in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims

3. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

e.g. they were trying to find a peaceful solution
the answers were in the back of the book
he computed the result to four decimal places

Synonym: solutionresultresolutionsolvent

4. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

e.g. I waited several days for his answer
he wrote replies to several of his critics

Synonym: replyresponse

5. the speech act of replying to a question

verb

1. understand the meaning of

e.g. The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered

Synonym: resolve

2. give the correct answer or solution to

e.g. answer a question
answer the riddle

3. react to a stimulus or command

e.g. The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch

4. respond to a signal

e.g. answer the door
answer the telephone

5. give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

e.g. The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution

6. react verbally

e.g. She didn't want to answer
answer the question
We answered that we would accept the invitation

Synonym: replyrespond

7. be satisfactory for
meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

e.g. This may answer her needs

8. match or correspond

e.g. The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave

9. be sufficient
be adequate, either in quality or quantity

e.g. A few words would answer
This car suits my purpose well
Will $100 do?
A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school
Nothing else will serve

Synonym: sufficedoserve

10. be liable or accountable

e.g. She must answer for her actions

1. 回答;答复
When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.

e.g. I knew Ben was lying when he answered me...
我知道本回答我时在撒谎。
e.g. Just answer the question...
只回答问题。

2. 回答；答复
An answer is something that you say when you answer someone.

e.g. Without waiting for an answer, he turned and went in through the door...
未等答复，他就转身进了门。
e.g. I don't quite know what to say in answer to your question.
我不太清楚如何回答你的问题。

3. 接受反对意见;接受拒绝
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.

e.g. She is tough, unwilling to take no for an answer...
她很强硬，不达目的誓不罢休。
e.g. He would never take no for an answer.
他从来都坚持己见。

4. 回（信）；回复（广告）
If you answer a letter or advertisement, you write to the person who wrote it.

e.g. Did he answer your letter?...
他给你回信了吗？
e.g. She answered an advert for a job as a cook.
她看到一则招聘厨师的广告后写信应征。

5. 回信;复函
An answer is a letter that you write to someone who has written to you.

e.g. I wrote to him but I never had an answer back...
我写了信给他，但一直没收到回信。
e.g. She wrote to Roosevelt's secretary in answer to his letter of the day before.
她写了信给罗斯福的秘书，回复罗斯福前一天的来信。

6. 接（电话）；应（门）；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.

e.g. She answered her phone on the first ring...
电话刚一响，她就接了。
e.g. A middle-aged woman answered the door.
一个中年妇女应声开了门。

7. 解决办法
An answer to a problem is a solution to it.

answer的意思

e.g. There are no easy answers to the problems facing the economy...
解决经济所面临的问题并非易事。
e.g. Prison is not the answer for most young offenders...
就大多数年轻的犯法者来说，把他们关进监狱不是解决问题的办法。

8. 答案
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.

e.g. Simply marking an answer wrong will not help the pupil to get future examples correct...
仅仅在答案上打叉号不会有助于学生做对日后的题目。
e.g. Below are printed the answers to the Brain of Soccer 1993 quiz.
以下所印的是1993年“脑力足球”小测验的答案。

9. 解答;答（题）
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.

e.g. To obtain her degree, she answered 81 questions over 10 papers.
为获得学位，她回答了10页纸上的81个问题。

10. 反应；回报；回应；反击
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.

answer的解释

e.g. In answer to speculation that she wouldn't finish the race, she boldly declared her intention of winning it.
为了回应她会中途退赛的猜测，她大胆地宣布她要赢得这场比赛。

11. 反应;回报;回应;反击
If you answer something that someone has said or done, you respond to it.

e.g. He answered her smile with one of his own...
他对她的微笑回以同礼。
e.g. That statement seemed designed to answer criticism of allied bombing missions.
那份声明似乎是专门就联合轰炸任务的批评作出反击。

12. （某地）与…相似的东西，相当于…的东西
If you say that something is a place's answer to a famous thing, you mean that the first thing is the equivalent of the second in that place.

e.g. Cachaca is Brazil's answer to tequila.
巴西甜酒相当于是巴西的龙舌兰酒。

13. 满足，适合，符合（需要、目的）
If something answers a need or purpose, it satisfies it, because it has the right qualities.

e.g. We provide specially designed shopping trolleys to answer the needs of parents with young children.
我们提供特别设计的购物车，以满足带幼儿的父母的需要。

14. 与…相符；符合
If someone or something answers a particular description or answers to it, they have the characteristics described.

e.g. Two men answering the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland...
与描述的疑犯样子相符的两名男子试图进入瑞士。
e.g. The Japanese never built any aircraft remotely answering to this description.
日本人从未制造过与此描述有丝毫相近的飞机。

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