| 释义 |
Adjective: answering ãnsuring- Replying
"an answering glance"; "an answering smile"
- respondent
Verb: answer ãnsu(r)- React verbally
"She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
- reply, respond - Respond to a signal
"answer the door"; "answer the telephone" - Give the correct answer or solution to
"answer a question"; "answer the riddle" - Understand the meaning of
"The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"
- resolve - Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
"The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution" - Be liable or accountable
"She must answer for her actions" - Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
"A few words would answer"
- suffice, do, serve - Match or correspond
"The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" - Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
"This may answer her needs" - React to a stimulus or command
"The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"
See also: answerable, answerer, responsive Type of: agree, be, check, correspond, figure out, fill, fit, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], gibe, jibe, lick, live up to, match, meet, puzzle out, react, rebut, refute, respond, satisfy, say, solve, state, tally, tell, work, work out Encyclopedia: Answer |