Answerable
['ɑːns(ə)rəb(ə)l] or ['ænsərəbl]
解释:
(adj.) morally or legally responsible to a higher authority; 'parents are answerable for their child's acts' .
(adj.) capable of being answered .
安娜贝拉录入--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
(a.) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
(a.) Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
(a.) Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
(a.) Equal; equivalent; adequate.
整理:米莉
同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Refutable, that may be answered.[2]. Accountable, responsible, amenable, liable.[3]. Corresponding, correspondent, correlative, proportionate, suitable, suited, fit.
录入:皮埃尔
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Liable, amenable, accountable, responsible, correspondent, agreeing
ANT:Independent, unanswerable, irresponsible, different, unsuitable, disagreeing,dissimilar
编辑:韦斯利
例句:
- You are answerable for this! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- For everything of that nature I will be answerable, said Tom, in a decided tone. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Lawyer Lightwood, take care, you, what I say; for I judge you'll be answerable for follering it up! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- However, if my own ignorance in sea affairs shall have led me to commit some mistakes, I alone am answerable for them. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- But, now I know this fellow's answerable for it, and I'll have it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I did everything for the beSt. I am not answerable for a deplorable calamity, which it was quite impossible to foresee. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- You are only answerable to yourself, but I have to answer to my superiors. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- But, at the same time, he let me see--purposely, as I thought--that he did not consider me as the person chiefly answerable for the loss of the jewel. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Just so: I think so: and you shall be answerable for it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I am no more answerable for this distressing calamity, my lady, than you are, he said. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Perhaps there was some truth in _this_; though I doubt whether _his_ reserve, or _anybody's_ reserve, can be answerable for the event. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Rather say your mother's imprudence, my child, said Mrs. Dashwood; SHE must be answerable. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- Fail not in this, as thou wilt be answerable. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
编辑:韦斯利