【answer音标】 英[ˈɑ:nsə(r)] 美[ˈænsər]
【单词释义】 answer是什么意思：
n.回答；答案；反应；足以媲美的人
vt.& vi.答复；解答；答辩；适应
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] answers
[单词现在分词] answering
[单词过去式] answered
[单词过去分词] answered
【answer形近词/近似词】
ewer n.大口水壶，水罐
drawer n.抽屉；开票人
skewer n.串肉杆；烤肉叉子；叉状物 vt.用串肉扦串起来；刺穿；串住
sewer n.阴沟，污水管，下水道；裁缝师
【常用短语】
answer for 因……而受罚；对……负责
【近义词解析】
◇ 回答
answer (v. 回答，答复)：普通用词，指通过文字、言语或行动作出回答，一般不后接介词 to。
reply (v. 回答，答复)：比较正式，多指经过考虑后给出答案，一般不用于口语，常后接介词 to。
respond (v. 回答，响应)：较正式用词，指以言语或行动作出回应，常后接介词 to/with。
◇ 答案
answer (n. 答案)：指试题、竞赛题等的答案，也可指某一问题的解决办法。What is the answer to question 5?
key (n. 答案，题解)：主要指习题、难题等的答案。I don't know the key to the puzzle.
solution (n. 解决方法)：指解决问题、难题的办法，也可指练习题、竞赛题等的答案，常可与 answer 换用。
【单词例句】
◇ She called out, "Good morning!" but received no answer.
她大声叫道：“早上好！”，可是没有听到回答。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ But Marguerite did not answer him; she was offended that he should call her a woman when she was only a girl; and there is a great difference. He asked her a second time, and then a third; but she remained dumb, and answered not a word.
可是“玛加丽特”不回答他。她很生气，因为她还不过是一个少女，而他却已把她称为“女人”；这究竟有一个分别呀。他问了第二次，第三次。
---- The Butterfly
◇ "Dearest child," she answered, "I cannot tell you."
“亲爱的孩子，”她回答，“我不能告诉你。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ "I don't want any of them," answered the frog. "Your clothes, your pearls and your jewels, or even your golden crown, are nothing to me. I want you to love me, and let me be your companion. I'd like to sit at your table, eat from your golden plate, and drink out of your cup, and sleep in your nice bed. If you promise me all this, I will dive down into the water and bring up your pretty golden ball."
青蛙答道：“我不要这些东西。你的衣服，珍珠，甚至于你金色的王冠对我来说，不值一文。我要你爱我，并让我做你的伴侣。我要坐在你桌子上，用你的金盘吃东西，用你的杯子喝水，并睡在你舒适的床上。如果你答应我这些，我就潜到水里去把你漂亮的金球拿上来。”
---- The Frog Prince
◇ I have learned there is a limited set of answers applicants give in response to this question and one particular answer is so much better than all the others. It leaves me with a much more favorable impression than any of the other answers.
求职者听到这个问题时，有几种回答，其中有一种回答明显优于其它，给我留下更好的印象。
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ "I am quite ready," answered the Emperor. "Do my new clothes fit well?" asked he, turning himself round again before the looking glass, in order that he might appear to be examining his handsome suit.
“对，我已经穿好了，”皇帝说，“这衣服合我的身么？”于是他又在镜子面前把身子转动了一下，因为他要叫大家看出他在认真地欣赏他美丽的服装。
◇ Do you really need to worry about this? The short answer is, not really. Injuries from microwave radiation are very rare, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. However, there are certain precautions you can take to keep yourself safe when using a microwave oven.
你真的需要担心这个吗？简短的答案是，并不需要。美国食品和药物管理局（FDA）称，微波辐射造成的伤害非常罕见。不过，使用微波炉时，你可以采取一些预防措施来保证自己的安全。
---- Is It Safe to Stand in Front of Microwave Ovens?
◇ An answer that shows a desire to improve behavior and continuously learn and grow is important.
求职者流露出提升自己和不断学习成长的意愿是很重要的。
---- Five most common questions asked at a job interview
◇ Fast food companies all use the color red heavily in their logos, why? The answer goes back thousands of years.
快餐公司都喜欢在标志上使用大面积的红色，为什么呢？答案要追溯到几千年前了。
---- Why so many fast food logos are red
◇ Looking at this, the lawyer thought maybe there’s still a chance, but the wife was frowning when she answer. “This is always the problem, you always think so highly of yourself, never thought about how I feel, don’t you know that I hate drumsticks?”
见到这种情景，律师心想，他们相亲相爱到这个地步本不应该提出离婚的。然而，出奇意料的是，当老夫人接过丈夫所夹的菜时，眉毛却很不自然地皱了一下答道：“这就是问题所在，你总是自以为是，从来没有顾及过我的感受，难道你就不知道我很讨厌吃鸡腿吗？”
---- Life Together