Answer

(noun.) a nonverbal reaction; 'his answer to any problem was to get drunk'; 'their answer was to sue me'.

(noun.) the principal 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's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims.

(noun.) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to 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'.

(noun.) the speech act of replying to a question.

(verb.) understand the meaning of; 'The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered'.

(verb.) give the correct answer or solution to; 'answer a question'; 'answer the riddle'.

(verb.) react to a stimulus or command; 'The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch'.

(verb.) respond to a signal; 'answer the door'; 'answer the telephone'.

(verb.) give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); 'The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution'.

(verb.) react verbally; 'She didn't want to answer'; 'answer the question'; 'We answered that we would accept the invitation'.

(verb.) be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of; 'This may answer her needs'.

(verb.) match or correspond; 'The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave'.

(verb.) be liable or accountable; 'She must answer for her actions'.

整理:莱缪尔

• Miss Havisham sat listening (or it seemed so, for I could not see her face), but still made no answer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• You needn't, if you don't like, ma'am,' was his answer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She could not answer me, nor could she look at me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But as Elizabeth could not receive comfort from any such expectation, she made no answer. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He only told me a little about his parents and grandparents, and almost all in answer to my questions. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I will answer for it that we shall find no inconvenience from narrow roads on Wednesday. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He had even yielded to her wish for a long engagement, since she had found the one disarming answer to his plea for haste. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The lad only answered by turning his cynical young face, half-arch, half-truculent, towards the paternal chair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• God will protect you; for you have undertaken His work, I answered. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• You have answered. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• To her surprise, Trenor answered the look with a speechless stare. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Yes, but you won't do it, answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He answered with one other nod. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• If you have got the value of the stone in your pocket, answered Mr. Franklin, say so, Betteredge, and in it goes! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Malone, I see, promptly answers the invocation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• We have endeavored here to embody all the answers to questions that we suppose may be asked. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• My answers were simple and sincere. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I will read you the questions and answers as they stand. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I have some business there that must be looked to directly, Mrs. Rouncewell answers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The only person I know who exactly answers your description, and for whom as a poor deserted orphan it would be a charity to provide, is in Paris. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I suppose it answers some wise ends: Providence made them so, eh, Bulstrode? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• No, it is not selfishness or conceit, said he, answering, as was his wont, my thoughts rather than my words. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• But Mr. Peggotty made no such retort, only answering with another entreaty to Mrs. Gummidge to cheer up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I listened to the patient's breathing, and avoided answering. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• When Miss Brooke was at the tea-table, Sir James came to sit down by her, not having felt her mode of answering him at all offensive. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He felt like answering: I was, till I saw you again; but instead he stood up abruptly and glanced about him at the untidy sweltering park. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• And then he catched hold of us, and kep on a talking to her, and answering of her, till I half believed I see her myself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Was answering an advertisement about typewriting and came to the wrong number--very pleasant, genteel young woman, sir. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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