answer
- vt. 回答；符合
- vi. 回答；符合
- n. 回答；答案；答辩
英英释意
- 1. 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"
- 2. 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"
- 3. the speech act of replying to a question
- 4. 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'
- 5. a nonverbal reaction;
- "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"
- "their answer was to sue me"