Answer
['ɑːnsə] or ['ænsɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a nonverbal reaction; 'his answer to any problem was to get drunk'; 'their answer was to sue me'.
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; 'I waited several days for his answer'; 'he wrote replies to several of his critics'.
(noun.) the speech act of replying to a question.
(verb.) understand the meaning of; 'The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered'.
(verb.) give the correct answer or solution to; 'answer a question'; 'answer the riddle'.
(verb.) react to a stimulus or command; 'The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch'.
(verb.) respond to a signal; 'answer the door'; 'answer the telephone'.
(verb.) give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); 'The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution'.
(verb.) react verbally; 'She didn't want to answer'; 'answer the question'; 'We answered that we would accept the invitation'.
(verb.) be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of; 'This may answer her needs'.
(verb.) match or correspond; 'The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave'.
(verb.) be liable or accountable; 'She must answer for her actions'.
整理:莱缪尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
(n.) To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.
(n.) To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.
(n.) To be or act in return or response to.
(n.) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.
(n.) To render account to or for.
(n.) To atone; to be punished for.
(n.) To be opposite to; to face.
(n.) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
(n.) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
(v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.
(v. i.) To make a satisfactory response or return.
(v. i.) To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.
(v. i.) To be or act in return.
(v. i.) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.
(v. i.) To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
(v. i.) To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer.
(v. i.) To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to.
(n.) A reply to a change; a defense.
(n.) Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.
(n.) Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
(n.) A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.
(n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.
塞德里克錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. [1]. Reply (especially to a question), REJOIN, respond, say in reply, make answer.[2]. Be accountable, be responsible or liable.[3]. Correspond, be like, be similar.[4]. Do, pass, serve, be sufficient, be enough, do well enough, pass muster, be of use.
v. a. [1]. Reply to, respond to, make answer to.[2]. Refute, meet by argument or explanation.[3]. Satisfy, fulfil, be suitable to, be sufficient for.
n. [1]. Reply, response, REJOINDER, replication.[2]. Refutation, defence.
希尔达整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Reply, response, counter-argument, confutation, acceptance,{(as_of_a_challenge)}, tally, counterpart, solution, vindication, apology,exculpation, defense, rejoinder, repartee, retort
ANT:Challenge, question, defiance, summons, interrogation, query
編輯:洛拉
解釋/意思:
v.t. to reply to: to satisfy or solve: to repay: to suit: to suffer the consequences of.—v.i. to reply: to reply favourably: to act in conformity with as 'to answer the helm:' to be accountable for (with for): to correspond: to be advantageous to: to turn out well.—n. a reply: a solution.—adj. An′swerable able to be answered: accountable: suitable: equivalent: proportional (with to).—adv. An′swerably.—n. An′swerer.—adv. An′swerless.
哈洛錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Miss Havisham sat listening (or it seemed so, for I could not see her face), but still made no answer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- You needn't, if you don't like, ma'am,' was his answer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She could not answer me, nor could she look at me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But as Elizabeth could not receive comfort from any such expectation, she made no answer. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- He only told me a little about his parents and grandparents, and almost all in answer to my questions. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I will answer for it that we shall find no inconvenience from narrow roads on Wednesday. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- He had even yielded to her wish for a long engagement, since she had found the one disarming answer to his plea for haste. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The lad only answered by turning his cynical young face, half-arch, half-truculent, towards the paternal chair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- God will protect you; for you have undertaken His work, I answered. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- You have answered. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- To her surprise, Trenor answered the look with a speechless stare. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Yes, but you won't do it, answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He answered with one other nod. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- If you have got the value of the stone in your pocket, answered Mr. Franklin, say so, Betteredge, and in it goes! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Malone, I see, promptly answers the invocation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- We have endeavored here to embody all the answers to questions that we suppose may be asked. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- My answers were simple and sincere. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I will read you the questions and answers as they stand. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- I have some business there that must be looked to directly, Mrs. Rouncewell answers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The only person I know who exactly answers your description, and for whom as a poor deserted orphan it would be a charity to provide, is in Paris. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I suppose it answers some wise ends: Providence made them so, eh, Bulstrode? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- No, it is not selfishness or conceit, said he, answering, as was his wont, my thoughts rather than my words. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- But Mr. Peggotty made no such retort, only answering with another entreaty to Mrs. Gummidge to cheer up. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I listened to the patient's breathing, and avoided answering. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- When Miss Brooke was at the tea-table, Sir James came to sit down by her, not having felt her mode of answering him at all offensive. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He felt like answering: I was, till I saw you again; but instead he stood up abruptly and glanced about him at the untidy sweltering park. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- And then he catched hold of us, and kep on a talking to her, and answering of her, till I half believed I see her myself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Was answering an advertisement about typewriting and came to the wrong number--very pleasant, genteel young woman, sir. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
編輯:纽曼