answering

1. VERB 回答;答复
   When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
   1. I knew Ben was lying when he answered me...
      我知道本回答我时在撒谎。
   2. Just answer the question...
      只回答问题。
   3. He paused before answering...
      他停顿了一下才回答。
   4. 'When?' asked Alba, 'Tonight', answered Tom...
      “什么时候？”阿尔芭问道。“今晚，”汤姆回答。
   5. Williams answered that he had no specific proposals yet.
      威廉斯回答说他还没有具体的提案。
2. N-COUNT 回答；答复
   An answer is something that you say when you answer someone.
   1. Without waiting for an answer, he turned and went in through the door...
      未等答复，他就转身进了门。
   2. 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。
3. PHRASE 接受反对意见;接受拒绝
   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.
   1. She is tough, unwilling to take no for an answer...
      她很强硬，不达目的誓不罢休。
   2. He would never take no for an answer.
      他从来都坚持己见。
4. VERB 回（信）；回复（广告）
   If you answer a letter or advertisement, you write to the person who wrote it.
   1. Did he answer your letter?...
      他给你回信了吗？
   2. 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。
5. N-COUNT 回信;复函
   An answer is a letter that you write to someone who has written to you.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
6. VERB 接（电话）；应（门）；应答
   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.
   1. She answered her phone on the first ring...
      电话刚一响，她就接了。
   2. A middle-aged woman answered the door.
      一个中年妇女应声开了门。
   3. Answer is also a noun.
      
   4. I knocked at the front door and there was no answer.
      我敲了敲前门，没有人应。
7. N-COUNT 解决办法
   An answer to a problem is a solution to it.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. Legislation is only part of the answer.
      立法只是解决方案中的一部分。
8. N-COUNT 答案
   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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
9. VERB 解答;答（题）
   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.
   1. 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。
10. N-COUNT 反应；回报；回应；反击
    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.
    1. 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。
11. VERB 反应;回报;回应;反击
    If you answer something that someone has said or done, you respond to it.
    1. He answered her smile with one of his own...
       他对她的微笑回以同礼。
    2. 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。
12. N-SING （某地）与…相似的东西，相当于…的东西
    If you say that something is a place's answer to a famous thing, you mean that the first thing is the equivalent of the second in that place.
    1. Cachaca is Brazil's answer to tequila.
       巴西甜酒相当于是巴西的龙舌兰酒。
13. VERB 满足，适合，符合（需要、目的）
    If something answers a need or purpose, it satisfies it, because it has the right qualities.
    1. 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。
14. VERB 与…相符；符合
    If someone or something answers a particular description or answers to it, they have the characteristics described.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。

1. He paused before answering
   他停顿了一下才回答。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. She was punished by teachers for answering back
   她由于顶嘴而受到了老师的惩罚。
5. Not wishing to displease her, he avoided answering the question.
   为了不惹她生气，他对这个问题避而不答。
6. They hedged in answering various questions about the operation
   他们闪烁其词，不愿回答有关此次行动的各种问题。
7. You can leave a message on our answering machine
   您可以在我们的答录机上留言。
8. He bought an answering machine that plays back his messages when he calls
   他买了一台能在别人打来电话占线时播放他录音留言的电话答录机。
9. There is only so much time in the day for answering letters
   白天回复信件的时间只有这么多。
10. It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth
    你或许会对这个消息感兴趣，有个和罗里描述的一模一样的小男孩搭便车到了霍斯。
11. He took his time answering, knowing that he must select his words with great care.
    他意识到自己必须言辞谨慎，于是不慌不忙地回答着问题。
12. I was probably off the road, behind a bush, answering a call of nature.
    那时我可能刚巧离开公路，到树丛后面解手去了。
13. The teacher is answering the students'questions.
    老师正在给学生们解疑。
14. She told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering questions.
    她告诉学生们在回答问题前要想一想。
15. Think carefully before answering.
    仔细思考之后才回答。
16. Instead of answering my question he began to beat about the bush.
    他没有回答我的问题，给我兜起圈子来了。
17. He avoided answering my questions.
    他回避我的问题，不作答复。
18. I'm not answering any more of your questions.
    我不会再回答你的问题了。
19. Research of intelligent question answering model based on ontology;
    研究了智能答疑系统中的问题分类。
20. This may be because there was a voice, answering machine or modem answer.
    这可能是因为有一个声音，应答机或调制解调器的答案。
21. And answering the wrong question.
    回答了错误的问题。
22. Books and lectures may have value in answering specific questions and doubts.
    书本和讲课的价值也许在于解答具体的问题和疑点。
23. If I am not in, please leave a message on the answering machine.
    如果我不在，请在答录机中留言。
24. She was very prompt in answering my question.
    她非常迅速地回答了我的问题。
25. He has by chance come up with to the answering of that problem.
    他偶然想出了对那个问题的解答。
26. Tell me that you are not oppose of answering me.
    告诉我你不反对回答我。
27. I have been some time answering this question.
    我想了一些时候才回答这个问题。
28. And I miss the days where you had one phone number and one answering machine.
    我开始怀念那种只有一个电话号码和一个答录机的时光了。
29. I called you this morning and left you a message on your answering machine.
    我早上给你打了电话，在你的留言机上留了言。
30. You have to start answering questions.
    你就要开始回答问题。

adj

1. replying
   1. an answering glance
   2. an answering smile

   Synonym:    respondent