answer meaning in Chinese

• n.
  1.回答，答复。
  2.解答，答案。
  3.答辩，抗辩。
  +More...4.报复。
  Phrases
  an answer to a question 某问题的解答。 have no answer to (sb.'s letter) 无回音[回信]。 in answer to …以回答，为答复(抗议等)而。 one who knows all the answers 〔美俚〕万事通；老世故。 The answer's a lemon. 〔回答荒唐提问时用语〕你这个(可笑的)问题，无法回答；废话!vt.
  1.答，回答，答复；答应。
  2.解答，答辩。
  3.报复。
  4.适合；符合。
  5.尽(责)，偿(债)。
  6.响应。 answer a charge 对控告做出答辩。 answer a debt 偿还债务。 answer a letter 回信。 answer a riddle 解谜。 answer blows with blows 以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 answer the bell [door] 应声开门。vi.
  1.回答；答辩，辩解。
  2.负责，保证；抵偿。
  3.适合；符合，一致。
  4.见效，成功。
  Phrases
  answer (to) the purpose of... 可用作…。 Gypsum answers as manure. 石膏可作肥料。 Everything answered. 事事顺利[如愿]。answer for 负…的责任，保证；偿(罪)，负责(受处分)；代(被问人)回答(I'll answer for her safety. 我将为她的安全负责。 answer for a crime 负罪责。 I won't answer for what I'll be doing. 我就老实不客气了)。 answer to 回答；符合。 answer to the name of 叫做，名叫(The dog answers to the name of John. 这只狗叫做约翰)。 answer up 应答快(answer up to a question 立刻回答问题)。

• answer for:    保证，负责; 对…负有责任; 对负责 ...
• answer to:    答案; 对…的回答; 符合，适合; ...
• if no answer:    不应称时转移; 称时转移

Examples

1. He did not answer for fear of hurting her .
   他没回答是怕伤她的感情。
2. He awaited her answer with impatience .
   他迫不及待地等待着她的回音。
3. He answered the call of duty and enlisted in the army .
   他应征入伍。
4. It was too frivolous for her to answer .
   这句话太刻薄了，她不愿回答。
5. The pupil's answer was right on the beam .
   那个学生的回答是正确的。