| 释义 |
answerless, a. rare.|ˈɑːnsəlɪs, æ-|
[f. answer n. + -less.]
1. Without an answer, having no answer.
a. Having no answer to give.
b. Having received no answer.
c. That is, or contains, no answer.
1533More Debell. Salem Wks. 1557, 988/1 And then as you se this good man had ben quyt answerlesse. 1586Let. to Earle Leycester 32 Excuse my doutefulnesse, and take in good part my answere answerelesse.
2. Having no possible answer, unanswerable. (Cf. countless, endless.)
1822Byron Juan vi. lxiii, Our ultimate existence? what's our present? Are questions answerless. 1870Spurgeon Treas. David Ps. xviii. 19 Why Jehovah should delight in us is an answerless question. |