answer [ 'a:nsə] vt.回答；响应；适应
answer [ 'a:nsə] vi.符合，适合
answer sb. back (与某人)顶嘴，回嘴
answer for 对…负责；符合…
answer up 应对迅速
answer ['a:nsə] n&v回答,答复,回信
answering ['a:nsəriŋ] 应答
take it out to sb 拿别人出气 take no for an answer 不许回答“不”字
That won't answer. 这解决不了问题
For more information, call …, Our staff will be pleased to answer your questions 了解详情请打电话……, 我们的职员会给你满意的回答。
对于人类生存问题，唯一令人满意的答案是：爱。
Love is the only satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
defensive question and answer 答问资料；补充答问；备用答问资料
Even a child can answer this question.
即使小孩儿都能回答这个问题。
Your answer is satisfying. I feel satisfied.
你的答案是令人满意的。我感到很满意。
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
最难回答的问题是答案明显的问题。
In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
归根结底，是对死亡的看法决定了我们对生活所提出的一切问题的回答。
We still don't have a positive answer as to how he died.
他究竟如何死的,我们还没有得出明确的答案。
When people ask us questions we usually respond to their questions by trying to answer them.
当人们问我们问题时，我们通常用回答来对问题作出反应。
I'm sorry that some business hindered my answering your letter.
很抱歉，由于忙于一些事务，未能回信。
It was critical that the teacher (should) not punish the students who gave incorrect answers.
关键的是那位老师不应该惩罚回答错误的学生。
When the girl asked them if she could go out with her boyfriend, her parents gave her a negative answer.
当这姑娘问她父母她是否可以和她男朋友外出时，她父母给了她一个否定的回答。
I asked about handing my paper in late, but the professor's answer was negative.
我请求晚一点交论文，但教授不同意。
Don't interrupt the speaker now; he will answer questions later.
现在不要打断演讲人的话，过一会儿他 将回答问题。
When the teacher saw the two students talking during the exam, she assumed they were discussing the answers and got angry.
当老师发现两个学生在考试中交谈时，就以为他们在讨论答案，为此很生气。
His initial answer was not good enough.
他最初的回答并不令人满意。
She knew the lesson so well that her answers were automatic
她对这一课极为熟悉，能够不经思索随口回答问题。
We sought an answer to the question, but couldn't find one.
我们寻求这个问题的答案，可是没能找到。
The football star declined to answer the news writer's question.
那位足球明星拒绝回答新闻记者的提问。
He is trying to fake an answer.
他企图伪造一个答案。
Have you worked out the answer?
你已经得出答案来了没有?
There are two specific questions we must answer.
有两个具体问题我们必须回答。
You might at least answer.
你不管怎样该给个答复。
He tried to avoid answering my questions.
他竭力回避回答我的问题。
He couldn’t come up with an answer.
他答不上来。
I’m never going to guess the answer if you don’t give me a clue.
如果你不给我一点提示的话, 我是绝对猜不到答案的。
a diplomatic answer
很巧妙的答复
He is always prompt in answering letters.
他总是迅速回复各种来信。
I want a definite answer, “yes” or “no”.
我需要一个明确的答复：“是”或“不是”。
I answer telephones and do some typing.
我接电话和打字。
Give me a definite answer, please.
请给个明确的答复。
Would you answer the phone please?
你能接下电话吗？
He hasn't answered my letter yet.
他还没有给我回信。
The answer is zero． 白忙了。
Check your answers with mine． 把你的答案跟我的核对一下。
Even a child can answer this question.即使小孩儿都能回答这个问题。
Your answer is satisfying. I feel satisfied.你的答案是令人满意的。我感到很满意。
Somebody's knocking at the door. I'll answer it.有人在敲门，我去开。
He asked me some personal questions, but I would never answer them.他问了我几个个人问题，我根本不愿回答。
Obviously, there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.
显然，如果你不得不检查计算机提供的所有答案的话，对它投资就没有任何意义了。但是当人们觉的计算机确实出了一些问题的时候，应该靠自己内部的“计算机”来检查机器。
The first time that the question “ What is at the bottom of the oceans?” had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed.
当铺设一条从欧洲到美洲的海底电报光缆的时候，出于商业动机，人们第一次不得不回答这个问题“海底是什么东西”。
Why does cream go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition-a finding that could help rid some processed foods of chemical preservatives.
为什么奶油比黄油坏的快呢?已有些研究者认为他们找到了答案,这与食物的结构有关,而不是它的化学成分—这一发现使得有些化学处理保存食物的方法无效了。
He has had no answer to his letter.
他的信没收到回信。
Do you know the answer to this question?
你知道这道题的答案吗？
He answered that he knew nothing about it.
他答复说关于此事他一无所知。
She tried to avoid answering my questions.
她试图避而不答我的问题。
You are not legally bound to answer these questions.
在法律上，你没有义务非回答这些问题不可。
Your answer to the question is correct.
你对这个问题的回答是正确的。
He answered me very directly and openly.
他非常直接坦率地回答了我。
Their answers are exactly the same.
他们的回答完全一样。
Your answer to this question is false.
你对这个问题的回答是错误的。
I felt rather foolish when I couldn't answer the teacher's question.
当我回答不出老师的提问时，我觉得自己很愚蠢。
Make a guess at the answer.
猜一下答案。
He let a week go by before answering the letter.
他一周以后才回信。
Have you answered her letter?
你给她回信了吗？
I've called but nobody answered.
我打过电话了，但是没有人接。
He gave a quick answer to the teacher's question.
他对老师的提问作出了迅速的回答。
I refuse to answer that question.
我不愿回答那个问题。
Since you can't answer the question, perhaps we'd better ask someone else.
既然你无法回答这个问题，我们最好再问问别人。
Answer with a plain "yes" if you agree with me.
如果你同意我的意见，就明白地回答“是”。
这可让你问着了。
Beats me. *回答不了别人的提问时，“哎呀!这可糟了”、 “怎么说呢”、 “不知道呀”的语气。
What's the population of Narita? (成田市有多少人口呀?)
Beats me. (这可让你问着了。)
I can't answer that. (我可答不上来。)
你说到点子上了。
Your answer is to the point. *Your answer is very to the point. 加上very后，句中就含有“确实掌握了要点”的语感。
We should fire him. (我们应该解雇他。)
Your answer is to the point. (你说到点子上了。)
That's a very straightforward answer.
他给我的回答很含糊。
He gave me an ambiguous answer. *ambiguous “可以有两种以上理解的，模棱两可的”。
His answer was very vague.
He wasn't very clear.
你觉得呢?
What do you think? *用来询问“怎么样?”、“你的意见呢?”
What do you think? (你觉得呢?)
I think it's all right. (我觉得没关系。)
What do you say?
How about it?
What do you think?
What's your answer?
给我一个明确的答复。
Give me a definite answer. *definite “明确的”。
I want a definite answer. (我希望得到明确的答复。)
I need a definite answer. (我需要一个明确的答复。)
这可不算答复。
It doesn't answer my question.
That's no answer.
That's not what I want to know. (这不是我想知道的事情。)
You didn't answer my question. (你没有回答我的问题。)
我想打听点儿事。
May I ask you something?
May I ask you something? (我想打听点儿事。)
Sure. Go ahead. (当然，请说吧。)
May I ask (you) a question?
I'd like to ask you something.
I have a question.
Could you tell me something?
Do you have time to answer a question?
Could you answer a question?
I hate to bother you, but can I ask you a question? (真不好意思，打扰您了，我可以问个问题吗?)
你的答复我接受不了。
Your response is unacceptable. *unacceptable 表示“接受不了”。
I'm not satisfied with what you say.
Your answer is unsatisfactory.
我不满意他的回答。
I'm not satisfied with his answer. *be satisfied with... “对……感到满意”。
I'm dissatisfied with his answer.
His answer didn't satisfy me.
这可难倒了我。/不知道。
It beats me.
What's the answer? (答案是什么?)
It beats me. (不知道。)
I have no idea.
I don't know.
I sure hope I can answer them for you.
我真的希望我能回答你的问题。
Would you care to answer my question on the warranty?
你可以回答我有关保证的问题吗？
I do not know whether you care to answer right away.
我不知道你是否愿意立即回答。
The following answer is subject to official confirmation.
以下的答案必须再经过正式确认才有效。
I tried several times to call, but there is no answer.
我打了几次，但是没有人回答。
No one is answering the phone..
没有人接电话。
No answer.
没有人接电话。
That's a tough question to answer.
那是一个很难回答的问题。
I don't know the answer, but let me ask Mr. Chen to comment on that.
我不知道答案，让我问一下陈先生看他有什么看法。
That's not my area, but I'll get an answer for you.
那不是我的范围，但我会为你找出答案。
Let's ask Mr. Jiang to answer that.
那件事我让蒋先生来答复。
Now, ladies and gentlemen, I'd be happy to answer any questions that you might have.
各位女士各位先生，现在你们有任何问题我都乐意答复。
Now, I'd be happy to answer your questions.
现在，我乐意答复你们的问题。
To answer the first part of your question, I'd like to say that our studies were very extensive.
你问题的第一部分，我要说的就是我们的研究非常广泛。
I'm not really sure about that. Mr. Jiang should know the answer to that.
关于那事我不敢确定，蒋先生应该知道答案。
A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.
一愚发问，七智结舌。
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
愚者所问，智者难答。
Answer a fool according to his folly.
以其人之道，还治其人之身。
Money answers all things.
金钱是万能的。
No answer is also answer.
不回答也是一种回答。
The shortest answer is doing the thing.
最简短的回答就是干。
Who answers suddenly knows little.
答得迅速，懂得不多。
Would you care to answer my question on the warranty?
你可以回答我有关保证的问题吗？
I don't know whether you care to answer right away.
我不知道你是否愿意立即回答。
The following answer is subject to official confirmation.
以下的答案必须再经过正式确认才有效。
People often ask me if I know the secret of success, and if I could tell others how to make their
dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.
Walt Disney, American brsinessman
人们时常问我是否晓得成功的诀窍，能否告诉别人怎样使他们的梦想成为现实。我的回答是：身体力行。
美国实业家迪斯尼.W.
What is a man's first duty? The answer is brief ; to be himself.
Ibsen, Nowegian dramatist
人的第一天职是什么？答案很简单：不伪饰自己。
挪威剧作家易卜生
Growth and change are the law of all life. Yesterday's answers are inadequate for today's problems ----just as the solutions of today will not fill the needs of tomorrow.
Franklin Roosevelt, Averican president
生长与变化是一切生命的法则。昨日的答案不适用于今日的问题——正如今天的方法不能解决明天的需求。
美国总统罗斯福,F.
We should work be such a significant source of human satisfaction.A good share of the answer rest in the kind of pride that is stimulated by the job , by the activity of accomplishing.
Leonard R.Sayles, British writer
为什么工作竟然是人们获得满足的如此重要的源泉呢？最主要的答案就在于，工作和通过工作所取得的成就，能激起一种自豪感。
英国作家塞尔斯.L.R.
He chipped in when I was about to answer his question.
He chipped in when I was about to answer his question.
I knew all the answers, I just didn't have enough time.
我知道所有的答案，只是时间不够而已。
Damn! I answered the questions in the wrong order.
可恶！我把答案的顺序弄错了！
The shortest answer is doing.
最简短的回答是干。
I won't take no for an answer. 你非答应不可.
take it out to sb 拿别人出气 take no for an answer 不许回答“不”字
That won't answer. 这解决不了问题
I’m afraid I’m not in a position to give you an immediate answer. I’ll have to consult my head office.
我恐怕不能立即给你答复，我要先和总公司联系一下。
答案 result; key; solution; answer
A simple answer is: You can take the bus (car, taxi) from the hotel. / You can take the bus (car, taxi) from the hotel.
简单的回答是：You can take the bus (car, taxi) from the hotel. /你可以从旅馆乘公共汽车（小汽车，出租车）去。
You can answer by using – I like . . . / I like . . . e.g.: I like lots of different sports / I like lots of different sports; I like Cantonese food / I like Cantonese food
你可以用I like . . . / 我喜欢 . . . 来回答。例如：I like lots of different sports / 我喜欢很多种不同的运动; I like Cantonese food /我喜欢广东菜。
To answer, you can say: It will take . . . / It will take . . . e.g.: It will take three to four hours / It will take three to four hours.
可以这样回答：It will take . . . / 需要 . . .例如：It will take three to four hours / 需要三到四个小时。
答 [dā] /to answer/agree/
搭腔 [dā qiāng] /to answer/to respond/to converse/
答腔 [dā qiāng] /to answer/to respond/to converse/
答 [dá] /reply/answer/return/respond/echo/
答案 [dá àn] /answer/solution/
答对 [dá duì] /to reply/to answer/
答复 [dá fù] /answer/reply/
答话 [dá huà] /to reply/to answer/
答卷 [dá juàn] /completed examination paper/answer sheet/
对 [duì] /couple/pair/to be opposite/to oppose/to face/for/to/correct (answer)/to answer/to reply/to direct (towards sth)/right/
反唇相讥 [fǎn chún xiāng jī] /answer back sarcastically/
回 [huí] /(a measure word for matters or actions) a time/to circle/to go back/to turn around/to answer/to return/to revolve/Islam/
回答 [huí dá] /reply/answer/
解答 [jiě dá] /answer/explanation/(math.) solution (of an equation)/
问答 [wèn dá] /(n) question and answer/
响应 [xiǎng yìng] /respond to/answer/
应 [yìng] /(surname)/to answer/to respond/
应对 [yìng duì] /response/to answer/to reply/
Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers?
为什么那么多美国人不相信自己在报纸上看到的东西？
The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question.
美国新闻编辑协会正试图回答这个痛苦的问题。
The organization is deep into a long self-analysis known as the journalism credibility project.
该组织正深深陷入一个长期的自我剖析过程，即新闻可信度调查项目。
What kept them in place?
是什么使它们处于现在的位置呢？
Why didn't they fall out of the sky?
它们为什么不落到天空之外呢？
The fact that the apple fell down toward the earth and not up into the tree answered the question he had been asking himself about those larger fruits of the heavens, the moon and the planets.
苹果向下落到地面不是向上飞到树上，这一事实回答了他长期以来一直对天空中更大果实——月球和行星所存有的疑问。
The first four chapters of Kitcher's book give a very brief introduction to evolution.
金切尔这本书的前四章简单地介绍了进化论。
At appropriate places, he introduces the criticisms of the creationists and provides answers.
作者在合适的地方引入了对创世纪论者的批评并提供了后者的回答。
In the last three chapters, he takes off his gloves and gives the creationists a good beating.
在书的后三章，他毫不客气地对创世纪论者进行了猛烈抨击。
He describes their programmes and tactics, and, for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists, the extent of their deception and distortion may come as an unpleasant surprise.
他揭露了这些人的纲领和手段，对那些不了解创世纪论者惯用手法的人来说，其欺骗和歪曲事实的程度会让他们感到气愤和吃惊。
When their basic motivation is religious, one might have expected more Christian behavior.
由于他们的基本动机是宗教，人们原本还期待他们会做出更具基督精神的作为。
{adj: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous} incongruous;inviting ridicule
"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
"that's a cockeyed idea"
"ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"
"a contribution so small as to be laughable"
"it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"
"a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"
"her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
{adj: amenable} liable to answer to a higher authority
" the president is amenable to the constitutional court"
{adj: anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky} having or revealing stupidity
"ridiculous anserine behavior"
"a dopey answer"
"a dopey kid"
"some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
{adj: answerable} capable of being answered
{adj: answering, respondent} replying
"an answering glance"
"an answering smile"
{adj: apt, disposed, given, minded, tending} (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
"he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"
"I am not minded to answer any questions"
{adj: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn} repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"bromidic sermons"
"his remarks were trite and commonplace"
"hackneyed phrases"
"a stock answer"
"repeating threadbare jokes"
"parroting some timeworn axiom"
"the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
{adj: cagey, cagy, chary} characterized by great cautious and wariness
"a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"
"chary of the risks involved"
"a chary investor"
{adj: cautious} cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent
"a cautious answer"
"very cautious about believing everything she was told"
{adj: conceivable, imaginable, possible} capable of being imagined
"that is one possible answer"
{adj: correct, right} free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
"the correct answer"
"the correct version"
"the right answer"
"took the right road"
"the right decision"
<-> incorrect, wrong
{adj: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily} marked by skill in deception
"cunning men often pass for wise"
"deep political machinations"
"a foxy scheme"
"a slick evasive answer"
"sly as a fox"
"tricky Dick"
"a wily old attorney"
{adj: decisive} characterized by decision and firmness
"an able an decisive young woman"
"we needed decisive leadership"
"she gave him a decisive answer"
<-> indecisive
{adj: definite} precise; explicit and clearly defined
"I want a definite answer"
"a definite statement of the terms of the will"
"a definite amount"
"definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol"
"the wedding date is now definite"
"a definite drop in attendance"
<-> indefinite
{adj: definitive, determinate} supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
"a definitive verdict"
"a determinate answer to the problem"
{adj: devious, oblique} indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
"used devious means to achieve success"
"gave oblique answers to direct questions"
"oblique political maneuvers"
{adj: dishonest} lacking truthfulness
"a dishonest answer"
{adj: divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical} resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
"the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"
"mantic powers"
"a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"
{adj: downright} characterized by plain blunt honesty
"a downright answer"
"a downright kind of person"
{adj: easy} posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
"an easy job"
"an easy problem"
"an easy victory"
"the house is easy to heat"
"satisfied with easy answers"
"took the easy way out of his dilemma"
<-> difficult
{adj: erroneous, inaccurate} containing or characterized by error
"erroneous conclusions"
"the answer was inaccurate"
{adj: evasive} deliberately vague or ambiguous
"his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"
"an evasive statement"
{adj: final, last, net} conclusive in a process or progression
"the final answer"
"a last resort"
"the net result"
{adj: guileless, honest} free from guile
"his answer was simple and honest"
{adj: harsh, rough} unkind or cruel or uncivil
"had harsh words"
"a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"
" a rough answer"
{adj: honest} marked by truth
"gave honest answers"
{adj: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip} marked by casual disrespect
"a flip answer to serious question"
"the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
{adj: indefinite} vague or not clearly defined or stated
"must you be so indefinite?"
"amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"
"he would not answer so indefinite a proposal"
<-> definite
{adj: multiple-choice} offering several alternative answers from which the correct one is to be chosen; or consisting of such questions
"multiple-choice questions"
"a multiple-choice test"
<-> true-false
{adj: serious} requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve
"raised serious objections to the proposal"
"the plan has a serious flaw"
{adj: solved, resolved} explained or answered
"mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved"
<-> unsolved
{adj: stock} routine
"a stock answer"
{adj: unanswerable} impossible to answer
"an unanswerable argument"
{adj: unapparent} not readily apparent
"the answer was at first unapparent"
{adj: unimpassioned} free from emotional appeal; marked by reasonableness
"answered with an unimpassioned defense"
"the unimpassioned intellect"
{adj: varied} broken away from sameness or identity or duplication
"her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty"
{adj: vexed} causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed
"the vexed issue of priorities"
"we live in vexed and troubled times"
{adv: artlessly, ingenuously} in an ingenuous manner
"she answered the judge's questions artlessly"
{adv: automatically} in a reflex manner
"he answered automatically"
{adv: back, in reply} in answer
"he wrote back three days later"
"had little to say in reply to the questions"
{adv: cagily, circumspectly} in a cagey manner
"`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily"
{adv: cantankerously} in a bad mood
"he answered her cantankerously"
{adv: constantly, perpetually} seemingly uninterrupted
"constantly bullied by his big brother"
"was perpetually answering the doorbell"
{adv: deliriously} in a delirious manner
"her answer made him deliriously happy"
{adv: diplomatically, with diplomacy} in a diplomatic manner
"he answered very diplomatically"
<-> undiplomatically
{adv: directly, flat, straight} in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
"he didn't answer directly"
"told me straight out"
"came out flat for less work and more pay"
<-> indirectly
{adv: elsewhere} in or to another place
"he went elsewhere"
"look elsewhere for the answer"
{adv: flippantly, airily} in a flippant manner
"he answered the reporters' questions flippantly"
"this cannot be airily explained to your children"
{adv: healthily} in a levelheaded manner
"the answers were healthily individual"
{adv: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, in real time, like a shot} without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
"he answered immediately"
"found an answer straightaway"
"an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"
"Come here now!"
{adv: impatiently, with impatience} in an impatient manner
"he answered her impatiently"
<-> patiently
{adv: implicitly} without ever expressing so clearly
"he implicitly assumes that you know the answer"
<-> explicitly
{adv: indirectly} not in a forthright manner
"he answered very indirectly"
<-> directly
{adv: inopportunely, malapropos} at an inconvenient time
"he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner"
"she answered malapropos"
<-> opportunely
{adv: lamely} in a weak and unconvincing manner
"`I don't know, Edward,' she answered lamely"
{adv: maliciously} with malice; in a malicious manner
"she answered maliciously"
{adv: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain} unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
"the answer is obviously wrong"
"she was in bed and evidently in great pain"
"he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"
"it is all patently nonsense"
"she has apparently been living here for some time"
"I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"
"You are plainly wrong"
"he is plain stubborn"
{adv: perfunctorily, as a formality, pro forma} in a set manner without serious attention
"they answered my letter pro forma"
"he kissed her cheek perfunctorily"
{adv: placidly} in a placid and good-natured manner
"I put the questions, and she answered them placidly"
{adv: politely, courteously} in a polite manner
"the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...'"
<-> discourteously, impolitely
{adv: reticently} with reticence; in a reticent manner
"she answered the questions reticently"
{adv: smolderingly, smoulderingly} with barely repressed anger
"`I can't wait,' she answered smolderingly"
{adv: spitefully, with spite} in a spiteful manner
"he answered his accusers spitefully"
{adv: stiltedly} in a stilted manner
"she answered him stiltedly"
{adv: stochastically} by stochastic means
"we estimated the answer stochastically"
{adv: truthfully} with truth
"I told him truthfully that I had just returned from my vacation"
"he answered the question as truthfully as he could"
<-> untruthfully
{n: FAQ} a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers
{n: Galatea} (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers
{n: Socratic method, maieutic method} a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students
{n: Urim and Thummim} lots thrown to determine God's answers to yes-no questions
{n: affirmative} a reply of affirmation
"he answered in the affirmative"
<-> negative
{n: agony aunt} a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in
{n: answer, reply, response} 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"
{n: answering machine} an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages
{n: answer} a nonverbal reaction
"his answer to any problem was to get drunk"
"their answer was to sue me"
{n: answer} 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's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
{n: answer} the speech act of replying to a question
<-> question
{n: antistrophe} the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
{n: approximate range, ballpark} near to the scope or range of something
"his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark"
{n: armory, armoury, inventory} a collection of resources
"he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"
{n: arraignment} a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
{n: box number} a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent
{n: catechetical instruction} teaching religious principles by questions and answers
{n: catechism} an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers
{n: character, reference, character reference} a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
"requests for character references are all to often answered evasively"
{n: contrivance} the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
"his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
{n: defense, defence, denial, demurrer} a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
"he gave evidence for the defense"
<-> prosecution
{n: dilatory plea} a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer)
{n: direct support} a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance
{n: evasive answer} (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint
{n: fan mail} mail sent to public figures from their admirers
"he hired someone to answer his fan mail"
{n: freedom from self-incrimination, privilege against self incrimination} the civil right (guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself
{n: guarantee, guaranty} a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
{n: hedger, equivocator, tergiversator} a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
{n: interrogation} a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder
{n: key} a list of answers to a test
"some students had stolen the key to the final exam"
{n: leading question} a question phrased in such a way as to suggest the desired answer; a lawyer may ask leading questions on cross-examination
{n: mark} a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
"his answer was just a punctuation mark"
{n: negative} a reply of denial
"he answered in the negative"
<-> affirmative
{n: nolo contendere, non vult} (law) an answer of `no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction
{n: parlormaid, parlourmaid} a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
{n: plea} (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
{n: plea} an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
{n: prolepsis} anticipating and answering objections in advance
{n: purpose, intent, intention, aim, design} an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
"his intent was to provide a new translation"
"good intentions are not enough"
"it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"
"he made no secret of his designs"
{n: question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation} an instance of questioning
"there was a question about my training"
"we made inquiries of all those who were present"
<-> answer
{n: quiz program} a game show in which contestants answer questions
{n: rage} a state of extreme anger
"she fell into a rage and refused to answer"
{n: range} a variety of different things or activities
"he answered a range of questions"
"he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection"
{n: receptionist} a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
{n: reference, consultation} the act of referring or consulting
"reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
{n: refutation, defense, defence} the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
"his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"
"in defense he said the other man started it"
{n: replication} (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer
{n: rhetorical question} a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered
"he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions"
{n: scofflaw} one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
{n: search} an investigation seeking answers
"a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"
"the outcome justified the search"
{n: significant digit, significant figure} any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)
"he calculated the answer to four significant figures"
{n: solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent} 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"
{n: stonewaller} one who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc.
{n: stonewalling} stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate
{n: talk show, chat show} a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience
"in England they call a talk show a chat show"
{n: third} following the second position in an ordering or series
"a distant third"
"he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"
{n: truth, true statement} a true statement
"he told the truth"
"he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
<-> falsehood
{n: voice mail, voicemail} a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
{n: yes-no question} a question that can be answered by yes or no
{v: account, answer for} furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
"I can't account for the missing money"
{v: answer, reply, respond} reply or respond to
"She didn't want to answer"
"answer the question"
"We answered that we would accept the invitation"
{v: answer, resolve} understand the meaning of
"The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"
{v: answer} be liable or accountable
"She must answer for her actions"
{v: answer} be satisfactory for ; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
"This may answer her needs"
{v: answer} give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
"The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"
{v: answer} give the correct answer or solution to
"answer a question"
"answer the riddle"
{v: answer} match or correspond
"The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"
{v: answer} react to a stimulus or command
"The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"
{v: answer} respond to a signal
"answer the door"
"answer the telephone"
{v: arraign} call before a court to answer an indictment
{v: ask} address a question to and expect an answer from
"Ask your teacher about trigonometry"
"The children asked me about their dead grandmother"
{v: ask} direct or put ; seek an answer to
"ask a question"
{v: be} have the quality of being ; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
"John is rich"
"This is not a good answer"
{v: catechize, catechise} examine through questioning and answering
{v: cry out for, cry for} need badly or desperately
"This question cries out for an answer"
{v: dignify} raise the status of
"I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer"
{v: field} answer adequately or successfully
"The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"
{v: flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic} get very angry and fly into a rage
"The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"
"Spam makes me go ballistic"
{v: follow} to bring something about at a later time than
"She followed dinner with a brandy"
"He followed his lecture with a question and answer period"
{v: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep} avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue"
"she skirted the problem"
"They tend to evade their responsibilities"
"he evaded the questions skillfully"
{v: make possible} make accessible
"This answer opens the door to new objections"
{v: nod} lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation
"The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer"
{v: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound} be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"
"Got me--I don't know the answer!"
"a vexing problem"
"This question really stuck me"
{v: plead} make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
{v: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid} keep from happening or arising ; have the effect of preventing
"My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
{v: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin} answer back
{v: sass} answer back in an impudent or insolent manner
"don't sass me!"
"The teacher punished the students who were sassing all morning"
{v: shoot} utter fast and forcefully
"She shot back an answer"
{v: stipulate} make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
{v: suffice, do, answer, serve} be sufficient ; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
"A few words would answer"
"This car suits my purpose well"
"Will $100 do?"
"A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"
"Nothing else will serve"
{v: turn out} come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
"How many people turned out that evening?"
To which he answered, having rubbed the tip of his nose: " he's an indolent man and I don't like such people. "
对此他摸了摸鼻尖答道： "他是个懒汉，而我不喜欢这号人。 "
Patients are learning to press for answers.
病人学会去追根问底。
Every time a grocery clerk asks, " Paper or plastic? ", the great debate between old and new, natural and synthetic, biodegradable and not, silently unfolds in a shopper's breast in the instant it takes to decide on the answer.
每当杂货店售货员问 "要纸还是要塑料？ "时，新旧观念、天然的还是合成的、能否进行生物分解等等问题就悄悄地在购物者考虑答案的瞬间，在他的心中展开争论了。
Two influential newspaper columnists have answered millions of letters over the years, dispensing helpful tip and those who turn to them for advice.
多年来，两位具有影响力的报纸专栏作家已回复了数百万封来信，对向她们求助的人给予了有益的指点和建议。
" Dear Abby ". With these two words, millions of letters have begun their outpourings of anxiety and concern, seeking an answer to emotional or family problems.
"亲爱的艾比 "－在几百万封来信中，读者们都以这两个词为开头，
The newspaper advice column " Dear Abby " appears in more than 1,000 newspapers, and over the years has tried to give answers to people seeking help with such topics as marriage, troublesome children, sex, work, religion, problems with drugs and so on.
忠告栏 "亲爱的艾比 "，见诸于 1000多种报纸，其作者多年来一直在努力答复那些就婚姻、恼人的孩子、性、工作、宗教和毒品等问题写信求助的人。
Each bit of information can be thought of as the answer to a yes no question.
每一则信息都可看成是对一个正反问题的解答。
( A good answer)
（很好的回答）
In the end-of-term exam, the question " Did Mozart on his deathbed dictate the Requiem to Salieri? " was answered " yes " by three-quarters of them.
在期末考试中，有 34的学生在回答 "莫扎特是否在临死前把（安魂曲）口授给了萨列利？ "这道问题时给出了 "是 "的答案。
Newton's was unquestionably a mind of the very highest order, and yet, when asked by what means he had worked out his extraordinary discoveries, he modestly answered, " By always thinking unto them. "
无可争议，牛顿的头脑是最高才智的头脑，然而当问到他是用什么方法获得惊人的发现时，牛顿谦虚地回答： "全靠对那些问题不断地深思。 "
At the end Dr. Brock told me he was enormously interested in my answers--it had never occurred to him that writing could be hard.
最后，布罗克医生告诉我，他对我的回答十分感兴趣－他从未想到写作会是艰辛的。
I told him I was just as interested in his answers----it never occurred to me that writing could he easy.
我告诉他我对他的答案也同样感兴趣－我未曾料到写作会是容易的。
Less sure is economic researcher Dr Cho Dong Chul from the Korean Development Institute( KDI).
韩国发展研究所（ KDI ）的经济研究员赵东哲博士则没有什么把握。
" This pace of recovery is definitely not sustainable.
"复苏的步调显然是无法持续下去的。
But if you ask me 'will the Korean economy continue expanding? ', the answer is yes, although the rate will be much slower. "
但如果你问我 ' 下去的。韩国经济会继续增长吗？ ' 会继续增长吗？答案是肯定的，虽然增长率将会很低。 "
" Head office in Russia need know only what they want to know.
"设在俄罗斯的总部只需要知道他们想知道的事情。
When Moscow want a reason for something that's gone wrong, it's me they look to for an answer.
当莫斯科想知道某件事情出错的原因时，是我来给他们回答。
But I just give whichever answer they want to hear, basically, and work out the real answer later for the report.
但我基本上只讲他们要听的答案，以后再查明真正的原因，写出报告。
Let them have their say and listen--everyone's entitled to an opinion--then give them an honest explanation.
要让他们说出想说的话，并注意倾听－每个人都有权利表达意见－然后向他们作出诚实的解释。
Ninety-nine per cent of the time, people will accept that.
在 99％的情况下，人们都会接受这种解释。
But you'll always get that one who won't. "
但你也总会赶上那 1％不接受解释的人。 "
The answer has to be an unequivocal " yes ".
回答是肯定的。
There it was: the answer to my curiosity, the reason for the care, the reserved spot next to the star and, more than anything else, the purpose for Christmas.
就在那儿，我的好奇有了答案，明白了妈妈悉心珍藏和在这颗星旁保留位置的原由；更重要的是，我理解了过圣诞节的意义。
When it comes to general knowledge questions, children do not have the wide range of information that adults have garnered over the years, but the youngsters have a good stab at getting the answers right, using what they do know, and searching for the correct sounds and words.
当问到一些常识性的问题时，孩子们的知识面自然就比不上日积月累的成年人了。但他们仍有机会回答正确，利用他们已知的知识，找到正确的发音和词汇。
Young Sam is sure he knows the answer.
小山姆确信自己是知道答案的：
From an adult's point of view, children have fascinating ideas and answers to simple queries about a world beyond their experience.
从成人的观点来看，小孩们对这个他们还不了解的世界的一些简单问题的想法和回答很有意思。
But they are always the most amusing when talking seriously to each other.
但最有趣的时刻常常是他们在互相严肃地交谈的时候。
The story reads like an archetypal European myth:
故事正如一个原汁原味的欧洲神话：
a disguised prince seeks the hand of the haughty Princess Turandot, who kills all suitors who can not answer her three riddles;
一个乔装的王子追求傲慢的公主图兰多，解不开她三个谜的追求者统统难免一死；
though he succeeds, he promises to sacrifice himself if she can learn his name, and wins her for good only after a kiss.
尽管他过了关，他还是答应，如果公主能道出他的真实姓名，他将以命相抵，然而一吻之下，他已永得公主的芳心。
The answer to this question depends on whether we believe the figure represents a man or a god.
答案要看我们是把他当作人还是神。
" Yes, we do, " Jane answered, " but you 're the only hope we have. "
"明白， "简回答。 "不过你是我们唯一的希望。 "
When, at age 10, his observations led to questions that could be answered only by access to the university library, Piaget wrote and published a short note on the sighting of an albino sparrow in the hope that this would influence the librarian to stop treating him like a child. 10岁那年，他对自然的观察引发了只有通过查阅大学图书馆资料才能解答的问题，为此，皮雅杰撰写了一本小册子，发表了他对患白化病麻雀的见解，期望图书馆员会因此不再把他当作孩子看待。
The only survivor of the horrific crash in Paris, Trevor Rees-Jones would surely answer all the puzzling questions about that night in 1997.
他是那次恐怖的巴黎撞车事件的唯一幸存者，想必可以回答有关 1997年那个夜晚的所有疑问。
" Desperate " to come up with answers, he found himself quoted as saying that Diana had cried out Dodi's name.
里斯-琼斯 "勉为其难 "他作了回答，事后发现他们引用他的话说戴安娜曾呼唤多迪的名字。
A soft, familiar voice answered.
那边是我熟悉而温和的声音。
" Oh, yes, Lillian, " I answered, " yes, He did. "
"是的，莉莲， "我说， "他确实做到了。 "
Would you rather be asked or told to do something?
你做事宁愿让人请求你还是吩咐你？
The answer is obvious.
答案是显而易见的。
Ordering people around creates a " me boss, you slave " sort of feeling.
给身边的人下命令会造成 "我是老板，你是奴隶 "那样的感觉。
I told her we wanted some information about her so as to find out whether she met the requirements for city-subsidized public housing.
我告诉她，我们要了解她的情况，以便审查她是否符合规定，可以享受城市津贴公用房。
My first question put to her was,
我问她的第一个问题是：
Her straight answer shocked me, I could hardly believe my ears.
她坦率的回答使我大吃一惊，我几乎难以相信自己的耳朵。
" I was selling my body on the streets. "
"我在街头出卖身体。 "
I rephrased my question:
我又问：
She uttered without hesitation: " A prostitute. "
她毫不犹豫说： "妓女。 "
Did you get too bogged down in the details trying to come up with the " exactly right " answer?
你是否为了找到 "完全正确 "的答案而深深陷于细枝末节的泥沼中？
To answer the question, he recommended breaking it down into smaller, more manageable questions, and then having the courage to make some guesses and assumptions.
他建议学生，要回答这个问题，应先把它分解成更小的更易对付的问题，然后鼓足勇气作些猜测和假设。
How could you find the answer?
你怎样才能找到答案呢？
He had come up with a resourceful way to approximate the answer rather than using scientifically sophisticated testing equipment.
他并没有科学地运用什么精密的测试仪器，而是找到了一种获得近似答案的足智多谋的方法。
These estimates would bring you close enough to the correct answer.
这些估计可以使你找到近乎正确的答案。
The answer is at hand--or rather in a number.
解决问题的答案就在手边，或者说就在一个号码里。
This is the idea that if you want to explain some big, complex problem in biology( like why some particular bird migrates south for the winter, or why a particular person becomes schizophrenic), the answer lies in understanding the building blocks that make up those phenomena and that those building blocks are ultimately genes.
即，如果你想要解释某个重大的、复杂的生物学问题（如：某种鸟类为什么要迁徙到南方过冬，或某个人为什么会得精神分裂症），答案就在于了解构成这些现象的基本因素－而那些基本因素归根结底就是基因。
If you view genes as autonomous, the answer is that they just know.
如果你将基因看成是自发作用的，那么结论就是基因自己知道如何行事。
Do you answer their messages as quickly as I did today?
你们能像我今天这样快地回复他们的信息吗？
No answer from the otherwise amazingly useful website OneLook Dictionaries( www.onelook.com), which searches 625 online dictionaries at once, from the AD &D; Dwarven Dictionary all the way to Yiddish Expressions.
在那个平时非常有用的网站 OneLook 辞典（ www.onelook.com ）中并没有找到答案。该网站可以同时搜索 625种网上辞典，从《 AD&DDwarven 辞典》一直到《犹太语惯用语辞典》。
For many people, the answer is aching backs and wrists.
对许多人来说，答案一定是腰酸背疼。
Significantly, Dell still uses classrooms for role playing and other situations in which interaction is essential, and human instructors are easily accessible to answer questions about online tutorials.
值得注意的是，戴尔公司仍在使用课堂进行脚色扮演及其它需要交流的活动。学员很容易就能找到辅导老师，向他们请教各种有关在线指南的问题。
If anyone can answer that question, Schultz can.
如果有谁能回答这个问题，这个人应该是舒尔茨。
The answer may depend on how you define the two.
回答要看你如何给二者定义。
One can imagine driving in the car, asking our WIDGET for the name of the nearest Thai restaurant, getting an answer, asking for reservations and then for directions.
你可以想象，当你驾车时，向 WIDGET 问一下你最近的泰国餐馆的名称，得到回答、订好座位后，再要求告诉怎么走。
There are technical answers for many of these questions, but some will require international agreements before they can be resolved.
这些问题许多都可以在技术上解决，但在解决前还需要达成国际间的协议。
Now, thanks in large part to Adam Riess, they 're a lot closer to an answer - and it's not what they expected.
现在，大部分归功于亚当·里斯的努力，天文学家们离正确的答案已接近了许多──但这个答案却并不是他们起初所期望的。
Now, thanks in large part to Adam Riess, they 're a@ lot closer to an answer - and it's not what they expected.
现在，大部分归功于亚当·里斯的努力，天文学家们离正确的答案已接近了许多──但这个答案却并不是他们起初所期望的。
BEYOND VEGAS If you 've ever wondered what happens just outside Las Vegas, this site gives you the answer.
拉斯维加斯附近的地方。如果你对拉斯维加斯附近的地方感兴趣，这个网址可以满足你的好奇心。
You can also use the watch to find your travel speed and answer that eternal question ow long till we get there?
你还可以通过这款手表测量自己的行走速度，并回答那个永恒的问题：我们到达那里还要多长时间？
The answer, according to some, is that free will comes from society from our culture and nurture.
一些人的答案是自由意志来自社会──来自我们的文化和教育。
That's the intriguing question that former BBC reporter Edward Hooper tries to answer in The River.
这是前 BBC （英国广播公司）记者爱德华·胡珀在《河流》一书中试图回答的一个有趣的问题。
And they e more fun than on paper because your score pops up the second you answer the last question.
这比在纸上做测验更有意思，因为一等你回答完最后一道问题，得分马上就显示出来了。
GET WEIRD: For a heady dose of silliness, check out useless knowledge.com, a site where you l get a daily quote, definitions for obscure words and answers to such penetrating questions as: " What is quicksand? " and " Who invented the pencil? "
犯犯傻：如果你想过一过犯傻的瘾，就请登录 uselessknowledge.com 网站，在那里你可以查到日常语录，对意义含混的单词的解释和诸如什么是流沙？和谁发明了铅笔？这样深入的问题的答案。
Users can initiate or answer calls by pushing a button on the headset, even if the cell phone itself is inside a briefcase or in another room up to 10 meters away.
使用者揿一下头套上的一个按钮就可以往外拨打或者回复电话，即使手机本身是在一个旅行箱里或者是在 10多米以外的另一间房里。
Short answer: the money woes and uneven financial support that still beset women's basketball.
答案很简单，那就是女子篮坛始终存在的经济问题和收入不公平的问题。
He answers them all, patiently and directly.
他耐心而直率地逐一解答工人们的问题。
CALLWAVE, an Internet telephone company based in Santa Barbara, California, offers an Internet Answering Machine( IAM), free software that will answer calls when the user is on the Internet using the same telephone line.
CALLWAVE 是加利福尼亚州圣巴巴拉市一家新开的互联网电话公司，该公司推出了一个互联网应答机（ IAM ）免费软件，可以在用户占用同一条电话线上网的时候应答电话呼叫。
At that time, chief executive Yoshikazu Hanawa was asked whether he would consider breaking Japan Inc.'s long-standing taboo and fire workers to cut costs.
当时，有人问公司首席执行官 ( FW) 义一：他是不是想打破日本公司长期固守的禁忌，裁减雇员，降低成本。
His answer: " We will handle the employment issue carefully. "
他的回答是：我们会慎重处理雇员问题。
The new obesity drugs may work for some; bariatric surgery - in which the stomach is surgically reduced - an help those most severely obese; extended counseling combined with a diet and exercise regime can be the answer for others.
新研制的减肥药可能对一些患者有效；动手术──胃的一部分被切除──可以帮助那些胖得离谱的患者；广泛的咨询加上节食和锻炼则适用于其他的患者。
That's a question market researchers would love to answer.
市场调研员会很乐意回答这个问题。
When you get home, change out of your work clothes, let the answering machine take your calls, and stay away from e-mail.
回到家，换掉工作装，让留言机接听电话，别去看电子邮件。
The answer seems to be portals.
雅虎、奋扬、微软、美国在线等公司都指望顾客需要的是一站式网上商店──一个定制的数字式购物中心。
Although the answer might be given in Cantonese, the questioner will instantly receive the answer in their own language, thanks to instant messaging and language translation.
由于有瞬时信息传递和语言翻译，尽管答话用的是广东话，但问话人将瞬时接收到用他们自己的语言的答话。
The answer is, that all the members knew with certainty that in the end Shackleton was motivated purely by a desire to bring them home safely.
答案就是，所有的队员心里都清楚，沙克尔顿最终只有一个纯粹的动机，他希望带领大家安全回家。
Two main kinds of answers have been offered.
科学家已提出两种主要的答案。
The other, and in my view correct, type of answer was first put forward by Fisher in 1930.
另一种——且在我看来不失为一种正确的——答案，是由菲希尔（Fisher）于1930年率先提出的。
Writing acceptable criticism of Black fiction, however, presupposes giving satisfactory answers to a number of questions.
然则，要撰写出能让人接受的有关黑人小说的文学评论，其前提是要对诸多问题作出令人满意的回答。
Could the increase in carbon dioxide cause a global rise in average temperature, and could such a rise have serious consequences for human society? Mathematical models that allow us to calculate the rise in temperature as a function of the increase indicate that the answer is probably yes.
二氧化碳的增加是否会导致平均气温的全球性上升，且这种上升是否会对人类社会产生严重的后果？那些允许我们将气温的上升当作二氧化碳增加的一个函数来进行计算的数学模型表明答案或许是肯定的。
Whether the languages of the anci- ent American peoples were used for expressing abstract universal concepts can be clearly answered in the case of Nahuatl.
古代美洲民族的语言是否被用来表达抽象普遍的概念，可在纳瓦特尔语言（Nahuatle）这一实例中得到明确的回答。
Prominent among the methods used to answer the question "Why" is psychoanalysis, and its use has given rise to psychohistory.
在用以回答“为什么”这一问题的种种方法中，甚为突出的一个就是心理分析法（psychoanalysis），而它的应用则导致了心理史学（psychohistory）的诞生。
The ease with which a fish can reverse the effect of the sidedness of its eye asymmetry simply by turning around has caused biologists to study internal anatomy, especially the optic nerves, for the answer.
比目鱼仅仅通过将其头部转动便可轻易地逆转其眼睛不对称而招致的片面效果，这种轻而易举导致生物学家去研究内部解剖，尤其是视觉神经，来觅取答案。
New techniques of molecular biology, however, provide a way to answer these questions.
然而，分子生物学（molecular biology）的新技术足以提供一个方法来解答这些问题。
Further identification and study of characteristic features will undoubtedly answer the question of the evolution of the orb web.
对这两类蜘蛛独特的特征作进一步的辨认和研究，无疑能解答圆形蜘蛛网的演化问题。
The United States will also push for more accountability from the aid recipient countries. Paul Reid, senior advisor to the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, said it makes no sense to ramp up aid levels if the serious issue of weak governance isn't addressed. "We will pursue smarter ways to provide more and better aid. But we will do so with the knowledge that more money alone is not the answer, and may well prove to be counter-productive for those nations that lack adequate governance and capacity to effectively utilize that aid," he said.
美国也将会从援助接受国中争取到更多的责任。国务卿下属经济、商务和农业事物办公室高级顾问里德说，如果软弱的政府没有强调严肃的问题，那么升高援助的级别就变的没有意义了。皮特曼说：“我们将以更明智的方式提供更多更好的援助。但我们这样做的时候也明白，光是提供更多资金并不能解决问题。而且，对那些缺乏充足的政府管理和有效使用援助能力的国家来说，更多的资金还可能产生反效果。”
Voter turnout was high, hovering at around 62 percent, compared with 51 percent four years ago. The turnout figure was cited by all candidates as a rebuff to those who had called for a boycott. They also cited it as an answer to President Bush, who just before the election, had criticized it as undemocratic. Some voters and candidates said Mr. Bush's remarks contributed to the higher turnout.
这次选举的投票率很高，高达62%左右。而四年前的总统大选的投票率只有51%。参加选举的候选人都表示，选民投票率高是对那些号召抵制选举的人的一个打击。也是对美国总统布什的回应。布什在伊朗选举前批评伊朗选举是不民主的选举。一些选民和候选人说，布什的话是选民投票率高的部分原因。
"George's answer to any problem at the ranch is to cut it down with a chainsaw - which I think is why he and Cheney and Rumsfeld get along so well," said Laura Bush.
劳拉·布什还调侃说：“牧场上不管碰到什么问题，乔治的唯一解决办法是用大锯子把它锯倒。我认为这就是为什么他能跟切尼和拉姆斯菲尔德相处甚欢的原因。”
The secretary-general's remarks came Thursday at a reunion seminar of current and past U.N. spokesmen. Answering a question from a former top U.N. official, Mr. Annan defended the world body's role in the scandal-plagued Iraq oil-for-food program. He said The United States and Britain, as members of the Security Council Committee that authorized and oversaw the program, had turned a blind eye to oil smuggling by Saddam Hussein's government.
安南这番话是星期四在前任和现任联合国发言人的聚会上说的。安南在回答一名前联合国高官提问时，为联合国在备受丑闻困扰的伊拉克石油换食品项目中扮演的角色进行辩护。他说，美国和英国作为授权监督这个项目的安理会委员会成员国，对萨达姆政府走私石油行径视若无睹。
Much of the president's speech focused on continuing to spread freedom because he says if whole regions of the world remain in despair and grow in hatred, they will be recruiting ground for terror. "The United States has no right, no desire, and no intention to impose our form of government on anyone else. That is one of the main differences between us and our enemies," he said. "They seek to impose and expand an empire of oppression, in which a tiny group of brutal, self-appointed rulers control every aspect of every life. Our aim is to build and preserve a community of free and independent nations, with governments that answer to their citizens, and reflect their own cultures."
布什总统的国情咨文大部份篇幅集中谈论继续在全世界推行民主，因为他说，假如全世界所有地区继续处于绝望跟仇恨不断增长的状态，就会为恐怖组织创造招募恐怖分子的温床。布什说：“美国没有权利、没有欲望、也没有意图把我们的政府形式强加给任何人，这是我们跟我们的敌人之间的一个主要区别。他们试图把压迫帝国推广，并强加于人。在他们的压迫帝国里，少数攫取权力的残暴统治者控制着人们生活的各个方面。我们的目标是建立并保持自由独立国家的群体，让政府对人民负责，并反映他们的文化。”
The president was asked about the possibility of new elections in Ukraine during a brief question and answer session with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.
布什在和尼日利亚总统奥巴桑乔举行一个简短问答会时，被问及乌克兰举行新选举的可能性。
"I think that the IAEA board of governors sent a very clear message that Iran must cease its pursuit of nuclear weapons, and answer questions, which the board has raised, and suspend its enrichment activity," he said. "We were very pleased by this consensus, by the closing of whatever gaps existed, in terms of tactical approaches, and we should all expect that Iran should follow the obligation and cooperate fully with the IAEA. The clock is ticking down now on Iran towards the next meeting."
亚伯拉罕说：“我认为，国际原子能机构理事会发出了非常明确的信息，那就是伊朗必须停止其寻求核武器的努力，答复理事会提出的问题，还要暂停浓缩铀的活动。我们对理事会取得共识以及大家在策略问题上缩小分歧感到非常高兴。我们都应当要求伊朗履行它的义务，与国际原子能机构进行全面合作。对于伊朗来说，在下次会议开会之前时间已经不多了。”
The comments came in an appearance before the U.S. Institute for Peace. During a question and answer session, Ms. Rice was asked to reflect on the differences between the United States and some of its European allies over Iraq. She said that, overall, the trans-Atlantic relationship is strong. "The trans-Atlantic relationship is actually in very good shape. And it is in very good shape because we have had to confront, once again, the fact that we are an alliance of values," she said.
赖斯是在一个私人政策研究机构[美国和平研究所]发表这些评论的。有人请赖斯就美国和一些欧洲盟国在伊拉克问题上的分歧发表看法。赖斯说，总的来说，大西洋两岸的关系是牢固的。赖斯说：“大西洋两岸的关系其实非常好，因为我们必须再次面对这样一个现实，也就是，我们是有着同样价值观的盟国。”
answer(ing) lamp 应答灯
answer next lamp 副应答灯
answering supervisory lamp 应答监视灯
回信
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An answer; A reply; A response.
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To answer; To reply; To give a reply; To give one's answer; To make an answer; To send an answer; To write in reply; To answer one's letter.
特此回信
Reply to; Answering to; In answer to; In reply to; In response to.
等候回信
To await an answer; To wait for an answer.
收到回信
To get an answer; To favour one with an answer; To get a letter answered.
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