一、详细释义：

n.

回答，答复

例句：

The answer he gave was quite surprising.

他的回答出人意外。

例句：

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。

解决办法

例句：

This could be the answer to all our problems.

这或许就是我们全部问题的解决办法。

例句：

Legislation is only part of the answer.

立法只是解决方案中的一部分。

回信，复函

例句：

Have you had an answer to your letter?

你那封信有回音了没有?

例句：

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。

接（电话），应（门）

例句：

I knocked at the front door and there was no answer.

我敲了敲前门，没有人应。

例句：

He knocked at the door but there was no answer.

他敲了门，但是没有人回答。

答案

例句：

Who knows the answer to this question?

谁知道这个问题的答案?

例句：

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。

反应，回应，回报，反击

例句：

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。

例句：

In answer to the enforcement of national quality-oriented education, the colleges of physical education ought to powerfully promote the education of culture and quality.

为响应国家实行素质教育的号召，体育院校必须大力推进文化素质教育。

与…相似的东西，相当于…的东西

例句：

Cachaca is Brazil's answer to tequila.

巴西甜酒相当于是巴西的龙舌兰酒。

v.

回答，答复 [I,T]

例句：

I knew Ben was lying when he answered me.

我知道本回答我时在撒谎。

例句：

He paused before answering.

他停顿了一下才回答。

接（电话），应（门） [I,T]

例句：

She answered her phone on the first ring.

电话刚一响，她就接了。

例句：

A middle-aged woman answered the door.

一个中年妇女应声开了门。

解答 [I,T]

例句：

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。

例句：

Many times she'll answer your questions with exactly the right answer.

大多数情况她都会对你的问题作出精确的解答。

反应，回应，回报，反击 [I,T]

例句：

He answered her smile with one of his own.

他对她的微笑回以同礼。

例句：

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

那份