英汉词典

answer 基本解释

• vt. 回答；符合
• vi. 回答；符合
• n. 回答；答案；答辩

answer 词态变化

answer 中文词源

前缀anti-, 相对。词根swer, 发誓，见swear. 原指法律用语，发誓没干过某坏事，指控不实。后词义转化为回复，答复。

ant 蚂蚁

词源略。

answer 英文词源

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answer: [OE] Etymologically, the word answer contains the notion of making a sworn statement rebutting a charge. It comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanic compound *andswarō; the first element of this was the prefix *and- ‘against’, related to German ent- ‘away, un-’ and to Greek anti-, source of English anti-; and the second element came from the same source as English swear.

In Old English, the Germanic compound became andswaru (noun) and andswarian (verb) ‘reply’, which by the 14th century had been reduced to answer. The synonymous respond has a similar semantic history: Latin respondēre meant ‘make a solemn promise in return’, hence ‘reply’. And, as another element in the jigsaw, Swedish ansvar means ‘responsibility’ – a sense echoed by English answerable.
=> swear

answer (n.)

Old English andswaru "an answer, a reply," from and- "against" (see ante) + -swaru "affirmation," from swerian "to swear" (see swear), suggesting an original sense of "make a sworn statement rebutting a charge." A common Germanic compound (cognates: Old Saxon antswor, Old Norse andsvar, Old Frisian ondser, Danish and Swedish ansvar), implying a Proto-Germanic *andswara-. Meaning "a reply to a question," the main modern sense, was present in Old English. Meaning "solution of a problem" is from c. 1300.

answer (v.)

Old English answarian "to answer;" see answer (n.). Meaning "to respond in antiphony" is from early 15c.; that of "to be responsible for" is early 13c. Related: Answered; answering. The telephone answering machine is from 1961.

answer 词组搭配

answer 英文释义

1. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation;

"I waited several days for his answer"

"he wrote replies to several of his critics"

2. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;

"they were trying to find a peaceful solution"

"the answers were in the back of the book"

"he computed the result to four decimal places"

3. the speech act of replying to a question

4. the principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff'

5. a nonverbal reaction;

"his answer to any problem was to get drunk"

"their answer was to sue me"

answer 同义词解析

answer, reply, respond, retort, return

这些动词均有"回答"之意。

answer：常用词，指用书面、口头或行动对他人的请求、询问、质问等作出回答或反应。

reply：较正式用词，较少用于口语。侧重经过考虑的较正式答复。

respond：正式用词，指即刻的，以口头或行动对外来的号召、请求或刺激等作出回答或响应。

retort：指对不同意见、批评或控诉作出迅速、有力的回答，即"反驳"。

return：正式用词，从本义"归来，回去"引申作"回答、答辨"讲时，含反驳或反唇相讥之意。

answer 双语例句

1. "I can't give you an answer now," he hedged.

“我现在不能回答你，”他闪避道。

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2. Two historical questions — you can answer them how you like.

两个历史问题——你可以随便回答。

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3. Two men answer-ing the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland.

与描述的疑犯样子相符的两名男子试图进入瑞士。

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4. He grimaced slightly, obviously expecting no answer to his rhetorical question.

他微微皱了下眉头，显然并不期待任何人回答他的反问。

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5. I don't quite know what to say in answer to your question.

我不太清楚如何回答你的问题。

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answer 实用场景例句

Have you had an answer to your letter?

你那封信有回音没有？

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As if in answer to our prayers, she offered to lend us £10 000.

好像祈祷很灵验似的，她提出借给我们1万英镑。

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I rang the bell, but there was no answer.

我按了门铃，但没有人应门。

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She had no answer to the accusations.

她对控告无以为答。

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Write your answers on the sheet provided.

在所发的答题纸上写下答案。

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I can't easily give an answer to your question.

你的问题我难以回答。

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Cachaca is Brazil's answer to tequila.

巴西甜酒相当于是巴西的龙舌兰酒。

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We provide specially designed shopping trolleys to answer the needs of parents with young children.

我们提供特别设计的购物车，以满足带幼儿的父母的需要。

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Two men answering the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland...

与描述的疑犯样子相符的两名男子试图进入瑞士。

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The Japanese never built any aircraft remotely answering to this description.

日本人从未制造过与此描述有丝毫相近的飞机。

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To obtain her degree, she answered 81 questions over 10 papers.

为获得学位，她回答了10页纸上的81个问题。

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In answer to speculation that she wouldn't finish the race, she boldly declared her intention of winning it.

为了回应她会中途退赛的猜测，她大胆地宣布她要赢得这场比赛。

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He answered her smile with one of his own...

他对她的微笑回以同礼。

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That statement seemed designed to answer criticism of allied bombing missions.

那份声明似乎是专门就联合轰炸任务的批评作出反击。

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Did he answer your letter?...

他给你回信了吗？

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She answered an advert for a job as a cook.

她看到一则招聘厨师的广告后写信应征。

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I wrote to him but I never had an answer back...

我写了信给他，但一直没收到回信。

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She wrote to Roosevelt's secretary in answer to his letter of the day before.

她写了信给罗斯福的秘书，回复罗斯福前一天的来信。

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She answered her phone on the first ring...

电话刚一响，她就接了。

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A middle-aged woman answered the door.

一个中年妇女应声开了门。

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There are no easy answers to the problems facing the economy...

解决经济所面临的问题并非易事。

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Prison is not the answer for most young offenders...

就大多数年轻的犯法者来说，把他们关进监狱不是解决问题的办法。

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Simply marking an answer wrong will not help the pupil to get future examples correct...

仅仅在答案上打叉号不会有助于学生做对日后的题目。

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Below are printed the answers to the Brain of Soccer 1993 quiz.

以下所印的是1993年“脑力足球”小测验的答案。

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I knew Ben was lying when he answered me...

我知道本回答我时在撒谎。

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Just answer the question...

只回答问题。

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Without waiting for an answer, he turned and went in through the door...

未等答复，他就转身进了门。

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I don't quite know what to say in answer to your question.

我不太清楚如何回答你的问题。

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She is tough, unwilling to take no for an answer...

她很强硬，不达目的誓不罢休。

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He would never take no for an answer.

他从来都坚持己见。

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