•The Minister promised to give a written answer to the MP's detailed question.对于议员提出的那个涉及很多细节的问题，部长答应给予书面答覆。

•We've written to him asking him if he's free on that date but we haven't had an answer yet.我们已经去信问他那天是否有空，但还没有收到回信。

•I've just rung him but there was no answer.我刚给他打过电话，但没人接。

•I didn't realise we had to write each answer on a new sheet of paper.我没有意识到我们要把每一道题的答案写在另一张纸上。

•I got eight correct answers and two wrong ones in last week's exam.上周考试，我做对了八道题，做错了两道。

•It's a difficult situation and I don't know what the answer is.这种局面很棘手，我不知道该怎么办。

•There's no easy answer to the problem.要解决这个问题并非易事。

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•Channel 4 is independent television's answer to BBC2.独立电视台的4频道和英国广播公司2频道节目性质相同。

•She's Lithuania's answer to Madonna.她是立陶宛的玛丹娜。

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•I can't answer (you) without more detailed information.没有更详细的资讯，我无法（向你）作出答覆。

•You haven't answered my question.你还没有回答我的问题。

•I wrote asking whether he'd be coming to the party but he hasn't answered yet.我写信问他是否来参加聚会，但他还没有回覆。

•[+ speech] "I'd love to have dinner with you, but I won't be able to get there before nine o'clock, " she answered.“我很乐意和你共进晚餐，但我九点之前赶不到那里，”她答道。

•[+ that] She answered that she wouldn't be able to come before nine o'clock.她回答说九点之前她来不了。

•Someone's at the door - would you answer it please?有人敲门，你去开一下好吗？

•I phoned last night but nobody answered.我昨晚打了电话，可是没人接。

•formal Does anyone here answer to the name of (= Is anyone here called) Wallis?这儿有谁名叫沃利斯吗？

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•He showed me some software that answered my requirements exactly.他给我看了一些正符合我要求的软体。

•I've got a bit of furniture round the back that I think might answer your needs.我后院里有少许家俱，我想你或许会用得上。

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•A woman who answers to the suspect's description was seen in the area on the night of the crime.案发当晚，有人在该地区看到过一个女人，正符合对嫌疑犯的描述。

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•Don't you dare answer me back, young lady!小姐，你还敢跟我顶嘴！

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•The company criticized in the documentary was given the opportunity to answer back.纪录片所抨击的那家公司被给予辩白的机会。

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•I expect parents to answer for their children's behaviour.我希望父母能对其子女的行为负责。

•"Why do you think there's so much violence nowadays?" "Well, violence on television has a lot to answer for (= is the cause of much of it)."“在你看来，为甚么现在会有那么多的暴力事件？”“这个嘛，很大程度上要归咎于电视对暴力的宣扬。”

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•I can certainly answer for her professionalism, and whole-heartedly recommend her to any employer.我当然可以对她的专业能力作出担保，并竭诚向任何雇主推荐她。

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•The great thing about working for yourself is that you don't have to answer to anyone.为自己做事，好处就是不必对别人负责。