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1. V-T/V-I When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them. (口头) 回答

Just answer the question. 只回答这个问题。

He paused before answering. 他在回答前停了下来。

Williams answered that he had no specific proposals yet. 威廉斯回答说他还没有具体的提议。

2. V-T/V-I If you answer a letter or advertisement, you write to the person who wrote it. 回复

Did he answer your letter?

他回复你的信了吗？

3. V-T/V-I When you answer the telephone, you pick it up when it rings. When you answer the door, you open it when you hear a knock or the bell. 应答

She answered her phone on the first ring. 她在响第一声铃时就接了电话。

4. N-COUNT Answer is also a noun. 应答

I knocked at the front door and there was no answer. 我敲了前门，没有应答。

5. V-T When you answer a question in a test or quiz, you write or say something in an attempt to give the facts that are asked for. (书面) 回答

Always read an exam all the way through at least once before you start to answer any questions. 在开始回答任何问题之前总是把试卷从头到尾读至少一遍。

6. V-T/V-I If someone or something answers a particular description or answers to it, they have the characteristics described. 符合

Two men answering the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland. 符合嫌疑犯特征的两个男人试图进入瑞士。

7. N-COUNT An answer is something that you say when you answer someone. 回答[also 'in' N 'to' n]

Without waiting for an answer, he turned and went in through the door. 他没有等候应答，转身进了门。

8. N-COUNT An answer is a letter that you write to someone who has written to you. 回信[also 'in' N 'to' n]

I wrote to him but I never had an answer back. 我给他写了信，但是我从未收到回信。

9. N-COUNT An answer to a problem is a solution to it. 解决方法

There are no easy answers to the problems facing the economy. 经济所面临的问题没有简单的解决方法。

10. N-COUNT Someone's answer to a question in a test or quiz is what they write or say in an attempt to give the facts that are asked for. The answer to a question is the fact that was asked for. 解答

Simply marking an answer wrong will not help the student to get future examples correct. 只将某个解答判为错误不会帮助学生答对以后的例题。

11. N-COUNT Your answer to something that someone has said or done is what you say or do in response to it or in defence of yourself. 回应[also 'in' N 'to' n]

In answer to speculation that she wouldn't finish the race, she boldly declared her intention of winning it. 作为对她不会完成赛程的推测的回应，她大胆地宣布了她获胜的意图。

12. PHRASE If you say that someone will not take no for an answer, you mean that they go on trying to make you agree to something even after you have refused. 不答应不罢休

She is tough, unwilling to take no for an answer. 她很难对付，不答应不肯罢休。