English-Thai Dictionary
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N การ ตอบคำถาม kan-tob-kham-tham
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N การโต้ตอบ defense counterclaim kan-to-tob
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N คำตอบ reply response question request kham-tob
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N คำ แก้ต่าง ใน ศาล plea defense kham-kae-tang-nai-san
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N วิธี แก้ปัญหา solution discovery solution wi-ti-kae-pan-ha
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N สิ่ง ที่ โต้ตอบ สิ่ง ที่ ตอบสนอง sing-ti-to-tob
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VI ตอบ ให้ คำตอบ reply give answer respond question ask inquire tob
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VI ตอบสนอง react return tob-sa-nong
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VI บรรลุ จุดประสงค์ ban-lu-jud-pra-song
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VI รับ (โทรศัพท์ rab
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VI โต้ตอบ to-tob
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VT ตอบ ให้ คำตอบ tob
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VT ตอบสนอง tob-sa-nong
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VT ทำให้ บรรลุ ตาม ความต้องการ satisfy fulfill fill tham-hai-ban-lu-tam-khwam-tong-kan
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VT รับ (โทรศัพท์ rab
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VT แก้ตัว ใน ศาล แก้ต่าง ใน ศาล kae-tang-nai-san
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VT โต้ตอบ to-tob
answer back
PHRV เถียง กลับ โต้กลับ ย้อนกลับ thiang-klab
answer back
V สวนตอบ ตอบโต้ โต้ สวน ย้อนกลับ เถียง สวน กลับ talk back suan-tob
answer for
PHRV รับผิดชอบ ต่อ รับผิดชอบ rab-phid-chob-tor
answer to
PHRV สนองตอบ ตอบสนอง ต่อ มี ปฏิกิริยา ตอบ sa-nong-top
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PHRV อยู่ ใน ความควบคุม เชื่อฟัง respond to yu-nai-khwam-khuab-khum
answer up
PHRV ตอบ ให้ ชัดเจน ไม่ กลัว ที่จะ ตอบ กล้า ตอบ tob-hai-chad-jen
answerable
ADJ ตอบ ได้ แก้ ได้ ที่ มี คำตอบ tob-dai
answerer
N ผู้ตอบ ผู้ ตอบคำถาม ผู้ ตอบกลับ responder respondent phu-tob
answering
ADJ ที่ ตอบกลับ มา replying ti-tob-klab-ma
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N เครื่องตอบรับโทรศัพท์ อัตโนมัติ answerphone khrueang-tob-rab-tho-ra-sab-at-ta-no-mad
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N เครื่องตอบรับโทรศัพท์ อัตโนมัติ answering machine khrueang-tob-rab-tho-ra-sab-at-ta-no-mad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ANSWER
v.t.ansur. 1. To speak in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration or argument of another person; as, "I have called and ye have not answered. " "He answered the question or the argument. " This may be in agreement and confirmation of what was said, or in opposition to it.
2. To be equivalent to; to be adequate to, or sufficient to accomplish the object. "Money answereth all things," noting, primarily, return.
3. To comply with, fulfill, pay or satisfy; as, he answered my order; to answer a debt.
4. To act in return, or opposition; as, the enemy answered our fire by a shower of grape shot.
5. To bear a due proportion to; to be equal or adequate; to suit; as, a weapon does not answer the size and strength of the man using it; the success does not answer our expectation.
6. To perform what was intended; to accomplish; as, the measure does not answer its end; it does not answer the purpose.
7. To be opposite to; to face; as, fire answers fire.
8. To write in reply; to reply to another writing, by way of explanation, refutation or justification; as, to answer a pamphlet.
9. To solve, as a proposition or problem in mathematics.
This word may be applied to a great variety of objects, expressing the idea of a return; as the notes, or sounds of birds, and other animals; an echo, etc.
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v.i. 1. To reply; to speak by way of return; as, there is none to answer. 1 Kings 18:29.
2. To be accountable, liable or responsible; followed by to before the person, and for before the thing for which one is liable; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care; we can not answer to God for our offenses.
3. To vindicate, or give a justificatory account of; followed by for; as, a man cannot answer for his friend.
4. To correspond with; to suit with; followed by to.
In water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Proverbs 27:19.
5. To act reciprocally, as the strings of an instrument to the hand.
6. To stand as opposite or correlative; as, allegiance in the subject answers to protection on the part of the prince or government.
7. To return, as sound reverberated; to echo.
The noise seems to fly away, and answer at a great distance.
8. To succeed; to effect the object intended; to have a good effect; as, gypsum answers as a manure on a dry soil.
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n. 1. A reply; that which is said, in return to a call, a question, an argument or an allegation.
A soft answer turneth away wrath. Prov.
I called him, but he gave me no answer. Song of Solomon 5:6.
2. An account to be rendered to justice.
He will call you to so hot an answer for it.
3. In law, a counter-statement of facts, in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged.
4. A writing, pamphlet or book, in reply to another.
5. A reverberated sound; an echo.
6. A return; that which is sent in consequence of some petition, as a blessing is sent in answer to prayer.
7. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation.
8. The reply of a legislative body or house to an address or message of the supreme magistrate.
ANSWERABLE
a. 1. That may be answered; that to which a reply may be made, usually implying that the answer may be satisfactory; as, an answerable argument.
2. Obliged to give an account, or liable to be called to account; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal.
3. Obliged or liable to pay, indemnify or make good; as, to be answerable for a debt or for damages.
4. Correspondent; agreeing with; in conformity with; as, the features expressed in a picture are answerable to the original.
5. Suitable; suited; proportionate; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
6. Equal; correspondent; proportionate; as, the success is answerable to my desires.
ANSWERABLENESS
n.The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.
ANSWERABLY
adv. In due proportion, correspondence or conformity; suitably; as, continents have rivers answerably larger than isles.
ANSWERED
pp. Replied to; fulfilled; paid; complied with; accomplished; solved; confuted.
ANSWERER
n.One who answers; he or that which makes a return to what another has spoken; he who writes an answer.
ANSWERING
ppr. Replying; corresponding to; fulfilling; solving; succeeding; reverberating; confuting.
ANSWER-JOBBER
n.One who makes a business of writing answers.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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An "swer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Answered; p. pr. & vb. n. Answering. ]Etym: [OE. andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian, to answer, fr. andswaru, n., answer. See Answer, n.]
1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc. ); to respond to. She answers him as if she knew his mind. Shak. So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: ... And him thus answered soon his bold compeer. Milton.
3. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute. No man was able to answer him a word. Matt. xxii. 46. These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant. Milton. The reasoning was not and could not be answered. Macaulay.
4. To be or act in return or response to. Hence: (a ) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell. This proud king. .. studies day and night To answer all the debts he owes unto you. Shak.
(b ) To render account to or for. I will. .. send him to answer thee. Shak.
(c ) To atone; to be punished for. And grievously hath Cæzar answered it. Shak.
(d ) To be opposite to; to face. The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. Gilpin.
(e ) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. [R.] Money answereth all things. Eccles. x. 19.
(f ) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit. Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. Swift.
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ANSWER An "swer, v. i.
1. To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge ), or in reply; to make response. There was no voice, nor any that answered. 1 Kings xviii. 26.
2. To make a satisfactory response or return. Hence: To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care. Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law. Shak.
3. To be or act in return. Hence: (a ) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.Do the strings answer to thy noble hand Dryden.
(b ) To be opposite, or to act in opposition. (c ) To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer. (d ) To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to. That the time may have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to convenience. Shak. If this but answer to my just belief, I 'll remember you. Shak. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Pro
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An "swer, n. Etym: [OE. andsware, AS. andswaru; and against + swerian to swear. Anti-, and Swear, and cf. 1st un-. ]
1. A reply to a change; a defense. At my first answer no man stood with me. 2 Tim. iv. 16.
2. Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Prov. xv. 1. I called him, but he gave me no answer. Cant. v. 6.
3. Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action. Great the slaughter is Here made by the Roman; great the answer be Britons must take. Shak.
4. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.
5. (Law )
Defn: A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill. Bouvier.
Syn. -- Reply; rejoinder; response. See Reply.
ANSWERABLE
ANSWERABLE An "swer *a *ble, a.
1. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. Will any man argue that. .. he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God Swift.
2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. Johnson.
3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course Holland. This revelation. .. was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton.
4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
5. Equal; equivalent; adequate. [Archaic ] Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain. Milton.
ANSWERABLENESS
ANSWERABLENESS An "swer *a *ble *ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.
ANSWERABLY
ANSWERABLY An "swer *a *bly, adv.
Defn: In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably.
ANSWERER
ANSWERER An "swer *er, n.
Defn: One who answers.
ANSWERLESS
ANSWERLESS An "swer *less, a.
Defn: Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. Byron.
New American Oxford Dictionary
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an swer |ˈansər ˈænsər | ▶noun a thing said, written, or done to deal with or as a reaction to a question, statement, or situation: he knocked and entered without waiting for an answer. • a thing written or said in reaction to a question in a test or quiz: write your answers on a postcard. • the correct solution to such a question: the answer is 280 °. • a solution to a problem or dilemma: the answer to poverty and unemployment is a properly funded range of services. • [ in sing. ] (answer to ) a thing or person that imitates or fulfills the same role as something or someone else: the press called her Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe. • Law the defendant's reply to the plaintiff's charges. ▶verb 1 [ reporting verb ] say or write something to deal with or as a reaction to someone or something: [ with direct speech ] : “Of course I can, ” she answered | [ with clause ] : she answered that she would take nothing but the ring | [ with obj. ] : she tried to answer his questions truthfully | I didn't answer him | [ no obj. ] : Steve was about to answer, but Hazel spoke first. • [ with obj. ] provide the required responses to (a test or quiz ): answer the questions below for a chance to win a vacation. • [ no obj. ] (answer back ) respond impudently or disrespectfully to someone, esp. when being criticized or told to do something: one couldn't argue with a parent; one couldn't answer back | [ with obj. ] : Mary resisted the temptation to answer her mother back. 2 [ with obj. ] act in reaction to (a sound such as a telephone ringing or a knock or ring on a door ): David answered the door | [ no obj. ] : she called Edward's house, hoping he would answer. 3 [ no obj. ] (answer to ) be responsible or report to (someone ): I answer to the assistant commissioner. 4 [ with obj. ] defend oneself against (a charge, accusation, or criticism ): he said he would return to Spain to answer all charges. • [ no obj. ] (answer to ) be required to explain or justify oneself to (someone ): you will have the police to answer to. • [ no obj. ] (answer for ) be responsible or to blame for: the dust mite has a lot to answer for, especially if you are asthmatic. 5 [ with obj. ] be suitable for fulfilling (a need ); satisfy: entrepreneurship is necessary to answer the needs of national and international markets | [ no obj. ] : nothing short of that would answer. PHRASES answer the description of correspond to a description, esp. one of a suspect issued by the police: he answers the description of being slightly taller than his two supposed companions. answer to ( the name of ) often humorous be called: an attractive woman answering to the name of Suzanne. have (or know ) all the answers informal be confident in one's knowledge of something, typically unjustifiably so: it was his air of knowing all the answers that riled Mrs. Farrar. in answer to as a response to or as a result of: in answer to the stresses on modern woman, we have developed a range of beauty treatments. DERIVATIVES an swer er noun, an swer less adjective ORIGIN Old English andswaru (noun ), andswarian (verb ), of Germanic origin; from a base shared by swear .
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an swer a ble |ˈansərəbəl ˈæns (ə )rəbəl | ▶adjective 1 [ predic. ] (answerable to ) required to explain or justify one's actions to; responsible or having to report to: I'm not answerable to you for my every movement. • (answerable for ) responsible for: an employer is answerable for the negligence of his employees. 2 (of a question ) able to be answered: straightforward and answerable questions.
answering machine
an swer ing ma chine |ˈɑːnsərɪŋməʃiːn | ▶noun a tape recorder or digital device that supplies a recorded answer to a telephone call and can record a message from the caller.
answering service
an swer ing serv ice ▶noun a business that receives and answers telephone calls for its clients.
answerphone
an ¦swer |phone |ˈɑːnsəfəʊn | ▶noun Brit. a telephone answering machine.
Oxford Dictionary
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an ¦swer |ˈɑːnsə | ▶noun 1 a thing that is said, written, or done as a reaction to a question, statement, or situation: he knocked and entered without waiting for an answer | I hurried along the passage in answer to the doorbell's ring. • a thing written or said in reaction to a question in a test or quiz: write your answers on a postcard. • the correct solution to a question in a test or quiz: the answer is 280 °. 2 a solution to a problem or dilemma: the answer to poverty and unemployment is a properly funded range of services. 3 [ in sing. ] (answer to ) a person or thing regarded as the equivalent to a better-known one from another place: the press called her Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe. ▶verb 1 [ reporting verb ] say or write something as a reaction to someone or something: [ with direct speech ] : ‘Of course I can, ’ she answered | [ with clause ] : she answered that she would take nothing but the ring | [ with obj. ] : she tried to answer his questions truthfully | [ no obj. ] : Steve was about to answer, but Hazel spoke first. • [ with obj. ] provide the required response to (a question in a test or quiz ): answer the questions below for a chance to win a holiday. • [ no obj. ] (answer back ) respond impudently or disrespectfully to someone, especially when being criticized or told to do something. 2 [ with obj. ] act in reaction to (a sound such as a telephone ringing or a knock or ring on a door ): Digby answered the door | [ no obj. ] : she rang Edward's house, hoping the housekeeper would answer. 3 [ no obj. ] (answer to ) be responsible or report to (someone ): I answer to the Assistant Commissioner of Specialist Operations. 4 [ with obj. ] defend oneself against (a charge, accusation, or criticism ): he said he would return to Spain to answer all charges. • [ no obj. ] (answer to ) be required to explain or justify oneself to (someone ): you will have the police to answer to. • [ no obj. ] (answer for ) be responsible or to blame for: the dust mite has a lot to answer for, especially if you are asthmatic. 5 [ with obj. ] be suitable for fulfilling (a need ); satisfy: entrepreneurship is necessary to answer the needs of national and international markets. PHRASES answer the description of correspond to a description, especially one of a suspect issued by the police. the answer to someone's prayers the thing that someone really wants: the opportunity for a commission in the army seemed an answer to their prayers. answer to ( the name of ) often humorous be called: an attractive woman answering to the name of Suzanne. have (or know ) all the answers informal be overconfident about one's knowledge of something. DERIVATIVES answerer noun ORIGIN Old English andswaru (noun ), andswarian (verb ), of Germanic origin; from a base shared by swear .
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an ¦swer |able |ˈɑːns (ə )rəb (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 (answerable to ) required to explain or justify one's actions to; responsible or having to report to: the Attorney General is answerable only to Parliament for his decisions. • (answerable for ) responsible for: an employer is answerable for the negligence of his employees. 2 (of a question ) able to be answered: straightforward and answerable questions.
answering machine
an ¦swer |ing ma |chine |ˈɑːnsərɪŋməʃiːn | ▶noun a tape recorder or digital device which supplies a recorded answer to a telephone call and can record a message from the caller.
answering service
an ¦swer |ing ser |vice ▶noun a business that receives and answers telephone calls for its clients.
answerphone
an ¦swer |phone |ˈɑːnsəfəʊn | ▶noun Brit. a telephone answering machine.
American Oxford Thesaurus
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answer noun 1 her answer was unequivocal: reply, response, rejoinder, reaction; retort, riposte; informal comeback. ANTONYMS question. 2 a new filter is the answer: solution, remedy, key. ▶verb 1 Steve was about to answer: reply, respond, make a rejoinder, rejoin; retort, riposte, return. 2 she has yet to answer the charges: rebut, defend oneself against. 3 a man answering this description: match, fit, correspond to, be similar to. 4 we're trying to answer the needs of our audience: satisfy, meet, fulfill, fill, measure up to. 5 I answer to the commissioner: report to, work for /under, be subordinate to, be accountable to, be answerable to, be responsible to. 6 he will answer for his crime: pay, be punished, suffer; make amends, make reparation, atone. 7 the government has a lot to answer for: be accountable, be responsible, be liable, take the blame; informal take the rap.
answerable
answerable adjective the ensign is answerable to the captain: accountable, responsible, liable; subject.
Oxford Thesaurus
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answer noun 1 her answer was swift and unequivocal: reply, response, rejoinder, return, reaction; acknowledgement; retort, riposte; informal comeback. ANTONYMS question, query. 2 the answer is 150: solution, explanation, resolution; key. 3 simply increasing the number of troops is not the answer: solution, remedy, way of solving the problem, way out; informal quick fix. 4 his answer to the charge: defence, plea, refutation, rebuttal; Law counterstatement, surrejoinder, rebutter, surrebutter, replication. ▶verb 1 Steve was about to answer, but Hazel spoke first | ‘Of course I can, ’ she answered: reply, respond, speak /say in response, make a rejoinder, rejoin; retort, come back, fling back, hurl back; acknowledge, write back; informal get back to; rare riposte. 2 he has yet to answer the charges made against him: rebut, refute, defend oneself against. 3 the police had a tip-off about a man answering this description: match, fit, correspond to, be similar to, conform to, correlate to. 4 we're looking at new types of programmes to answer the needs of our audience: satisfy, meet, fulfil, fill, serve, suit, measure up to, match up to; fit /fill the bill. 5 I answer to the Assistant Commissioner of Specialist Operations: report, be accountable, be answerable, be responsible; work for, work under, be subordinate to, be supervised by, be managed by. PHRASES answer someone back respond cheekily to, be cheeky to, be impertinent to, talk back to; contradict, argue with, disagree with; retaliate, retort, counter; informal cheek; N. Amer. informal sass, be sassy to. answer for 1 no one has been made to answer for the crime: pay for, be punished for, suffer the consequences of, suffer for; make amends for, make reparation for, atone for. 2 the present government has a lot to answer for: be accountable for, be responsible for, be liable for, take the blame for; vouch for; informal take the rap for.
answerable
answerable adjective the attorney general is answerable only to Parliament for his decisions: accountable, responsible, liable; subject.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
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an swer /ǽnsə r |ɑ́ːn -/ (! -w-は発音しない ) 〖「…に反対して (against )誓う (swear )」〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〖answer A 〗〈人が 〉A 〈人 質問など 〉に答える ; 〖answer (A ) that節 〗…と (A 〈人 〉に )答える ;｟書 ｠〖直接話法 〗…と答えて言う (↔ask ) (!伝達部は文頭のほか, 文中 文尾も可能; →say 他動詞 1a 語法 ) ▸ Answer me [this question ].私 [この質問 ]に答えなさい (!目的語を2つとる構文は慣用的に Answer me this [that ] (question ). の命令文に限って用いられる. ただし ╳Answer this question to me. としない ) ▸ Mary answered no .メリーは 「いいえ 」と答えた ▸ You still haven't answered (any of ) my questions .あなたは私の質問にまだ (何も )答えていません (!相手の答えに納得できないときの表現 ) ▸ Jim answered that he knew nothing about it .そのことについて何も知らないとジムは答えた (!通例thatは省略しない ) 2 〈人が 〉〈批判 告発など 〉に答える ; 反論 [釈明 ]する ▸ answer criticism 批判に答える ▸ The tenant answered the charges .借家人は告訴に答弁した 3 〈人が 〉〈(試験 練習の )問題 〉を解く , …に解答する ▸ Answer as many questions as you can .できるだけ多くの問題に解答しなさい ▸ I answered all the questions correctly .私は全問に正解した 4 〈人が 〉〈電話 ノック ベルなど 〉に応える, 〈玄関など 〉に出る ▸ answer the phone [door ]電話 [玄関 ]に出る .5 〈手紙 広告など 〉に返事を出す, 返答 [回答 ]する ▸ answer a letter 手紙に返事を出す ▸ I answered an advertisement for a job .私は求人広告に応募 (の手紙を出 )した 6 〈人が 〉〈行為 状況など 〉に応じる ; « …で /…することで » …に 報いる ; 〈問題 課題 〉に 対応する «with /by do ing » ▸ answer the attack by bombing 攻撃に爆撃で反撃する ▸ answer the crisis with prompt action 危機に速やかな行動で対処する .7 ｟かたく ｠〈物 事が 〉〈必要 目的など 〉にかなう, 役立つ (satisfy )▸ answer one's purpose 目的にかなう 8 〈人 物が 〉〈記述内容など 〉に合致する .自動詞 1 〈人が 〉答える , 返答 [返事 ]をする ; 解答する (╳answer to Aの型では用いない; ↑他動詞 1 )▸ answer with a wink 目くばせで答える ▸ answer immediately 間髪入れずに返事をする ▸ You have answered very well .大変上手に答えました [よい答案でした ]2 〈人が 〉 (電話 ノックなどに )応じる , 出る ▸ They knocked at the door, but nobody answered .彼らはドアをノックしたが, だれも応答しなかった (↓名詞 4 )3 ｟かたく ｠〈事 物が 〉【要求などに 】かなう «to » .4 〈人 物が 〉【記述内容などに 】合致する «to » ▸ These things answer to the description of the suspect .これらは容疑者の人相書と一致する à nswer b á ck 〈特に子供が 〉【親 先生などに 】口答えする «to » .à nswer A b á ck A 〈人 〉に口答えする, 言い返す .á nswer for A 1 〈人が 〉A 〈過失 行為 〉について責任をとる ▸ answer for the accident 事故の責任をとる 2 ｟話 ｠A 〈人 人格 〉を保証する ▸ I can answer for her .彼女のことは信用できる ; 彼女なら大丈夫だ á nswer to A 1 〈人が 〉【自分の過失について 】A 〈目上の者 〉に釈明する, 弁明する «for » .2 〈乗り物 家畜などが 〉A 〈人の指示 〉に従う, 正しく反応する .3 ↑自動詞 3 , 4 .à nswer to the n á me of A ｟大げさに /おどけて ｠〈人 ペットが 〉Aと呼ばれている ▸ The dog answers to the name of Randy .この犬はランディという名である A have a l ò t [m ù ch ] to á nswer for ｟くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉の責任が重い ▸ Robert has a lot to answer for .ロバートの責任は重大である .名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 【質問 手紙などへの /人からの 】答え , 返事, 返答, 回答 «to /from » ; «…という » 答え «that 節 » (↔question )▸ John wouldn't give me an answer .ジョンは私に答えようとしなかった ▸ What was her answer to your question? 君の質問に彼女の返事はどうだった ▸ Have you read the answer from [╳of ] the editor? 編集者の回答は読んだか ▸ “Do you have a happy marriage? ” “The answer is yes !”「結婚生活は楽しいですか 」「ええ, とっても 」▸ write an answer to her letter 彼女の手紙に返事を書く 2 【問題の 】答え , 解答 ; 正答 , 正解 «to » ▸ What is the answer to [╳of ] Question 4?問4の答えは何ですか ▸ the correct [wrong ] answers 正解 [誤答 ]▸ How many answers did you get wrong? 何問間違えましたか ▸ an answer to a riddle なぞなぞの解答 3 【問題 心配などの 】解決 (策 ) «to » (→be 自動詞 1a 表現 )▸ We see no good answers to the dilemma .このジレンマに対するよい解決策が見あたらない 4 〖通例単数形で 〗(電話 ノックなどへの )応答 (!しばしば疑問文 否定文で ) ▸ I knocked at the door but there was no answer .ドアをノックしたがだれも出てこなかった (↑自動詞 2 )▸ I called the number many times but didn't get an answer .その番号に何度も電話をかけたが, だれも出なかった 5 【行為 仕打ちへの 】仕返し ; 対応 «to » ▸ His answer to their threat was just to shrug his shoulders .彼らの脅しに対して彼は肩をすくめてみせただけだった 6 ｟報道 ｠〖one's ～〗 «…に » 相当するもの [人 ] «to » (!通例one 'sは地名 ) ▸ That statesman was regarded as Japan's answer to Kennedy .その政治家は日本のケネディとみなされていた 7 〘法 〙(申し立てに対する )回答 (書 ); (被告の )答弁 (書 ).h à ve [kn ò w ] à ll the á nswers ｟くだけて ｠すべてを知りつくしている, 万事心得ている (!しばしばそうではないと思い, 相手を非難して用いる ) .in á nswer to A A 〈質問 願い 手紙など 〉に答えて ; A 〈行為 非難など 〉に応えて ▸ Roger told about himself in answer to her questions .ロジャーは彼女の質問に答えて自分のことについて語った take n ò for an á nswer 〖否定文で 〗断りを聞き入れる ▸ I won't take no for an answer .いやとは言わせないぞ ～́ ing mach ì ne 留守番電話 (｟英 ｠answerphone ).～́ ing s è rvice ｟米 ｠電話応答代行サービス .表現 留守番電話に関する表現 ▸ leave a message [one's name and number ] on A's answering machine Aの留守電にメッセージ [名前と電話番号 ]を残す ▸ get [receive ] a message on one's answering machine from A Aから留守電にメッセージをもらう ▸ get A's answering machine Aの留守番電話につながる ▸ play (back ) one's answering machine 留守電を再生する
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an swer a ble /ǽns (ə )rəb (ə )l |ɑ́ːn -/形容詞 1 〖be ～〗〈人などが 〉【人などに対して /言動などについて 】説明する責任がある ; 責任を問われる «to /for » (→responsible ).2 返答可能な 〈問題など 〉.á n swer a bly 副詞
answerer
á n swer er 名詞 C 回答 [解答 ]者, 答弁者 .
answerphone
á nswer ph ò ne 名詞 ｟英 ｠＝answering machine .
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