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| 1 | I/T to give a spoken reply to a question （口头）回答，答复 |
| I’ m still waiting for you to answer. 我还在等你答复。 |
| I want you to answer one simple question. 我希望你回答一个简单的问题。 |
| ‘I don’ t know,’ she answered truthfully. “我不知道，”她老老实实地答道。 |
| What’ s the matter? Answer me! 怎么回事？回答我！ |
| +that I could only answer that I’ d seen them leaving together. 我只能回答说我看见他们一块走了。 |
| | 1a | T to send a written reply to something such as a letter or an advertisement （书面）回复(信或广告） | | She answered an advertisement asking for models. 她给一份招聘模特儿的广告去了信。 | |
| | 1b | I/T to come to the door when someone calls at your house , or pick up the phone when it rings 应门；接电话 | | I knocked and a young man answered the door. 我敲了门，一个年青人应声开门。 | | The phone rang and rang but she couldn’ t bring herself to answer it. 电话响了又响，但她无法站起来去接听。 | |
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| 2 | I/T to try to give the correct reply to a question in a test or competition （在考试或竞赛中）答（题），给出答案 |
| Answer one question from each section. 回答每部分中的一个问题。 |
| answer correctly/incorrectly Not everyone answered correctly. 不是每个人都答对了。 |
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| 3 | T to explain your actions to someone who has accused you of something （对指控）辩解 |
| answer charges/criticisms How would you answer charges that your company puts profit before safety? 你们公司被指控把利润放在安全之上，对此你作何解释？ |
| The Prime Minister made no attempt to answer their criticisms. 首相没有试图对他们的批评作出辩解。 |
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| 4 | T to provide what is needed, wanted , or asked for , especially in order to deal with a bad situation 对（恶劣情况下的需求）作出响应 |
| Their request for help was answered by the Red Cross. 他们的援助请求得到了红十字会的响应。 |
| answer a need The estate was built to answer a need for low-cost housing. 这片住宅区是为满足对低成本住房的需求而建的。 |
| answer sb’ s prayers When they saw the plane, they knew their prayers had been answered. 当他们看见飞机时，他们知道祷告应验了。 |
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| 5 | I/T to do something as a reaction to what someone else has done 回应；回报 |
| answer (sth) with sth He answered her look with a smile. 他对她的目光报以一笑。 |
| be answered by sth The attack was answered by an immediate military crackdown. 袭击的结果就是立即受到军事镇压。 |
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| - | answer the description of
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| to look like the person or thing described |
| 与…的描述相符 |
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| - | ˌanswer ˈback |
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| | answer sb back: to reply rudely to someone who has more authority than you 回嘴；顶嘴 | Don’ t you dare answer me back! 你还敢跟我顶嘴！ | | I don’ t like children who answer back. 我不喜欢顶嘴的孩子。 | |
| - | ˈanswer for |
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| | answer for sth: to agree to be responsible for something 对…负责；对…作交待 | You have to answer for any errors in the calculations. 你得为计算中的任何错误负责。 | |
| | - | can’ t answer for sb
| | used for emphasizing that you cannot say what someone else will do or think about something | | 无法对某人（的行为或想法）作出保证 | | | | I can’ t answer for my colleagues, but as far as I’ m concerned this is a great proposal. 我不能担保我的同事们也如此想，但就我来说，这是个非常棒的提议。 | | | | - | have a lot to answer for
| | to be responsible for a lot of bad things that have happened | | 对（诸多坏事）负有很大的责任 | | | | | |
| - | ˈanswer to |
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| | answer to sb: to have to explain to someone why you did something 向…交待；向…作出解释 | I answer to no one except the president. 我只负责向总统交待。 | |
| | - | answer to the name of
| | | | 1 | if an animal answers to the name of something , it comes to you when you call it this name （动物）对（…名字）有反应 | | | | 2 | to have a particular name 名叫；名为 | a small boy answering to the name of Andrew 名叫安德鲁的小男孩 | | | | | | | | | | |
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