answer

[US]/'ɑːnsə/
[UK]/'ænsɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. 答复;解答;响应
n. 回答;答案;反应
Word Forms
过去分词answered
复数answers
第三人称单数answers
过去式answered
现在分词answering

Phrases & Collocations

in answer to

回答;应…要求

answer for

因……而受罚;对……负责

no answer

无应答;舵失灵

answer the phone

接电话

wrong answer

答案错误

answer sheet

n. 答案纸

short answer

简答题;简短回答

answer the telephone

接电话

immediate answer

立即应答

answer back

应答,回复;顶嘴

soft answer

温和的回答;轻轻的回答;委婉的回答

answer key

答案;题解;练习答案(解答)

answer up

迅速回答

answer phone

留言机,电话录音机;电话留言;接电话

Example Sentences

an answer to a problem

对某问题的解答

to answer the telephone

接电话

The answer's a lemon.

没有回答的必要。

No answer was forthcoming.

没有现成的答案。

This will answer for a chisel.

这东西可以当凿子用。

the answer is 280°.

正确答案是280°。

there are no pat answers to these questions.

这些问题没有简便的答案。

answer point for point

逐点答复

punctual in answering letter

按期回信

the right answer to a question

对问题的正确回答

decline to answer a question

拒绝回答问题

The answer came pat.

答案马上出来了。

Please answer the telephone.

请接电话。

It answers very well.

这完全适用。

It's the answer to your question.

这就是你的问题的答案。

This box will answer for a chair.

这个箱子可以当椅子用。

The copy answers to the original.

此复印件与原件相同。

These two answers are in discord.

这两个答案不一样。

Real-world Examples

Tweaking the constitution is not the answer.

修改宪法不是解决问题的办法。

Source: May's Speech Compilation

Don't answer that. Answer my proposal first.

不,别回答她。先回答我的求婚。

Source: BBC Animation Workplace

You mean you know the answer, don't you?

你是说你知道答案,对吧?

Source: Drama: Alice in Wonderland

That's your answer and that`s your shoutout.

这就是你的答案,大声说出来吧。

Source: CNN Selected May 2015 Collection

What language is thy answer, O sky?

天空呀,你回答的话是什么?

Source: Selected Poems of Tagore

And Jesus has a really interesting answer.

耶稣给出了一个有趣的回答。

Source: Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Love (Audio Version)

No one knows the answer to that yet.

目前还没有人知道答案。

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation April 2021

I'll just tell you the answers here.

我直接说答案了。

Source: Listening to Music (Video Version)

Now here's the longer, more complicated answer.

现在出现了更长更复杂的答案。

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American November 2021 Collection

So you have the answers... You have questions?

那你一定有答案… … 你有问题吗?

Source: Interview with the Vampire: The Selected Edition

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