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单词 answerable
释义 an·swer·a·ble
\ˈ ̷ ̷s(ə)rəbəl\ adjective
1. : liable to be called to account : accountable, responsible
 < was no one answerable for the grim despair of that half-starved wretch — Anthony Trollope >
 < a legislative body politically answerable to the people >
2. archaic : able to serve a purpose or fill a need:
 a. : suitable, fitting
  < attended with an answerable train, in rich liveries — Anthony Wood >
 b. : equal, equivalent, adequate
  < had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year … the utmost bounds of Britain — John Milton >
3. archaic : in conformity : accordant, corresponding
 < this revelation … was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians — John Milton >
especially : corresponding in quantity or degree
 < render your future progress answerable to your past improvement — Joshua Reynolds >
4. : capable of being answered or refuted : admitting a satisfactory answer
 < an answerable argument >
 < an interrogation confined to questions supposedly answerable in one word >
Synonyms: see responsible
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