1 VERB 回答;答复 When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them. 回答;答复
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I knew Ben was lying when he answered me. [VERB noun]
我知道本回答我时在撒谎。
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Just answer the question. [VERB noun]
只回答问题。
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He paused before answering. [VERB]
他停顿了一下才回答。
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'When?' asked Alba, 'Tonight', answered Tom. [VERB with quote]
“什么时候?”阿尔芭问道。“今晚,”汤姆回答。
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Williams answered that he had no specific proposals yet. [VERB that]
威廉斯回答说他还没有具体的提案。
SYN reply, explain, respond, resolve
2 N-COUNT [oft in N to n] 回答;答复 An answer is something that you say when you answer someone. 回答;答复
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Without waiting for an answer, he turned and went in through the door.
未等答复,他就转身进了门。
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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。
SYN reply, response, reaction, resolution
3 PHRASE 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. 接受反对意见;接受拒绝
4 VERB 回(信);回复(广告) If you answer a letter or advertisement, you write to the person who wrote it. 回(信);回复(广告) [Also VERB]
SYN acknowledge, respond to, react to, reply to
5 N-COUNT [oft in N to n] 回信;复函 An answer is a letter that you write to someone who has written to you. 回信;复函
6 VERB 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. 接(电话);应(门);应答 [Also VERB]
SYN pick up, get, respond to
7 N-COUNT 解决办法 An answer to a problem is a solution to it. 解决办法
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There are no easy answers to the problems facing the economy. [+ to]
解决经济所面临的问题并非易事。
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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。
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Legislation is only part of the answer.
立法只是解决方案中的一部分。
SYN remedy, solution, vindication
8 N-COUNT 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. 答案 [Also + to]
SYN solution, resolution, explanation
9 VERB 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. 解答;答(题)
10 N-COUNT [oft in N to n] 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. 反应;回报;回应;反击
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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。
SYN defence, response, reply, rebuttal
11 VERB 反应;回报;回应;反击 If you answer something that someone has said or done, you respond to it. 反应;回报;回应;反击 [Also V n + by]
12 N-SING [poss N to n] (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. (某地)与…相似的东西,相当于…的东西 [journalism]
13 VERB 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. 满足,适合,符合(需要、目的)
14 VERB 与…相符;符合 If someone or something answers a particular description or answers to it, they have the characteristics described. 与…相符;符合
SYN fit, meet, match, agree to
Phrasal verbs: - answer backanswer for
ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | answer Also look up: |
VERB. | reply, respond 1 4 |
Word Partnership | Use answer with: |
VERB. | refuse to answer 1 6 have an answer, wait for an answer 2 find the answer 7 8 |
N. | answer a question 1 9 answer the door/telephone 6 |
DET. | no answer 2 5 6 8 10 |
ADJ. | correct/right answer, straight answer, wrong answer 7 8 10 |
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