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answern.
1. reply made to a charge （对于指控的）答辩。
△H.VIII.5.1.104 (103): “But that till further trial in those charges/Which will require your answer,you musttake / Your patience to you，”但是从现在起到以后进一步审讯时要求你答辩之前，你还得忍耐一下。
2. account to be rendered to justice如实交代，招认。
△Ado.5.1.241 (230): “let me go no farther to mineanswer.”让我直截了当向你招认了吧。
△2H.VI.2.1.202(199): “And call these foul offenders to their an-swers；”叫这些可恶的犯人如实交代。
3.reply,defence against charges,i.e. trial回答，（对指控所作的）答辩，（转义）审判。
△H.VIII.4.1. 13: “andbrought him forward,/As a man sorely tainted,tohis answer，”i.e. to answer the charges against him把他当做一名极其可耻的罪犯押解上路，去受审判。
4.satisfaction; penalty满足；处罚。
△H.V.2.2.143:“Arrest them to the answer of the law.” i.e. Arrest them to answer the charge and face the penalty of thelaw. 把他们逮捕起来依法惩处。
5. reply to a challenge （对挑战的）回答。
△H.V.4.7.142(135): “It may be his enemy is a gentleman ofgreat sort,quite from the answer of his (i.e.Williams's) degree.” i.e. The gentleman may be of such high rank that he is quite free from an obligationto answer a challenge of one of Williams's position. 说不定他的对头是一位身份很高的绅士，完全不必回答像他那样一个小兵的挑战。
6.acceptance of challenge,meeting in combat接受挑战，应战。
△Ham.5.2. 176 (168): “if your lordshipwould vouchsafe the answer.”只要殿下慨然应战。
7. return hit还击。
△Tw.3.4.308 (276):“and on theanswer,he pays you as surely as your feet hits theground they step on.”至于他还击时回敬起来，那就像你走路时脚踏在地上一样万无一失。
8. retaliation报复。
△Lr.4.2. 13: “He'll not feelwrongs/Which tie him to an answer.”受了非报复不可的侮辱，他也不以为意。
answervt.
1. reply回答。
△Rom.2.4.10: “Any man that canwrite may answer a letter.” 会写字的当然都会写回信。
△Ham.5.2.177(170): “How if I answer no?”要是我回答一个“不”呢？
△2H.VI.4.7.45 (41):“Thou hast ap-pointed justices of peace,to call poor men beforethem about matters they were not able to answer.”你指派了许多治安法官，他们传唤穷人，用一些他们不能回答的事情去审问他们。
2. reply,render account of 回答，对…作出解释。
△2H.VI.3.1.133: “My lord,these faults are easy,quickly answered；”大人，这些过错算是轻微的，很容易辩解。
3.face,render account to面对，向，作出交代。
△Mer.4.1.3: “Thou art come to answer/A stony adversary，”你是来跟一个铁石心肠的对手当庭对质的。
△1H.IV.2.4.572(515): “That I will by to-morrow dinner-time/Sendhim to answer thee,or any man，”明天午饭时候我一定派他去见你，或任何人，作出交代。
△Tw. 3.4.370 (333): “Ishall answer it.”我只得去应审。
4.answer for,be responsible for对…作出回答，为…负责。
△Ham.3.4.176:“I will bestow him,and will an-swer well/The death I gave him.”我先把他安顿好，再来担当我把他杀死的责任。
△Ham.4.1.16: “Alas,howshall this bloody deed be answered?”唉，这一桩血案要怎样解释呢？
△Oth.1.1.120(119): “This thou shalt an-swer:I know thee,Roderigo.”你要对这件事负责；我认识你，罗德利哥。
△Lr.1.3.11(10):“the fault of it I'll an-swer .”那过错，由我来担负。
△Lr.2.2.154 (147): “I'llanswerthat. ”我承担责任。
△1H.IV.4.2.8: “I'll an-swer the coinage.” i.e. I'll be responsible for anycoinage the bottle mints. 造币的责任由我来负。
△H.V.4.1.165(155):“The King is not bound to answer theparticular endings of his soldiers,the father of hisson,nor the master of his servant；”国王没有必要对他的士兵们各自的死亡负责，父亲对儿子、主人对仆人也是如此。
△R.III.4.2.91 (92): “If she convey/ Letters to
Richmond,you shall answer it.”如果她私自带信给里士满，你可要为此负责。
5. face the consequences of,incur the penalty of面对…的后果，遭受…的惩罚。
△Oth.3.3.364 (363): “answermy waked wrath!”承当我激起的怒火！
6.defend,explain away为…辩护，把…解释过去。
△Tw.3.3.28: “That were I ta'en here,it would scarce beanswered.”i.e.it could hardly be defended (his oldenemies might kill him for it). 假如在这儿被抓住了，可不知要怎样才能应付过去哩。
7. accept (the challenge)接受（挑战）。
△Rom.2.4.9:“Romeo will answer it.”罗米欧一定会接受（挑战）的。
8. meet in battle与…对打。
△Ado.5.1. 82: “let himanswerme. ”让他来和我交手。
△Ado.5.1.89: “Thatdare as well answer a man indeed/ As I dare take aserpent by the tongue.”那些小人一定不敢和一个堂堂男子汉交手，就像我不敢抓一条蛇的舌头一样。
9.repel击退。
△2H.IV.4.5. 194(195):“All these boldfears/Thou seest with peril I have answered，”你看到我怎样岌岌可危地把这些狂妄可怕的行为都一一打退了。
10. encounter,confront,defend oneself against遭遇，对抗，防御。
△Lr.3.4.103 (101):“Thou wert better ina grave than to answer with thy uncovered body thisextremity of the skies.”你与其用你赤裸的身体来抵挡这样极端严酷的天气，还不如进坟墓好呢。
11. satisfy满足。
△Tw.2.4.90(88): “I cannot be soanswered.”我不能以这样的回答为满足。
△Tw.2.4.94(92): “Must she not then be answered?”她不是也得以这样的答复为满足吗？
△As.2.7.99:“Till I and my affairsare answered.” i.e.till my needs are satisfied. 在我的需要没有得到满足之前。
△Oth.3.4. 158(159):“But jeal-ous souls will not be answered so；”但是嫉妒的人是不听这种解释的。
12. give in return,requite回报，报偿。
△3H.VI.2.6.55: “Measure for measure must be answered.”一报还一报，必须如此。
13.pay for,render an account of为…付出代价，还清…的欠账。
△2H.VI.2.1.40:“In thine own person answerthy abuse.”你既冒犯了我，就由你亲自付出代价。
14. pay付给，还。
△Com.4.1.60:“answer me or no.”给不给我钱。
15. account for算清（账目）。
△Wiv.1.1.118(114):“this shall be answered.”这笔账非算清不可。
△Wiv. 11.119(115):“answer it straight.”i.e. ❶reply to itstraightway立刻回答。
❷account for it strictly彻底算清这笔账。
16. atone for,make amends,compensate,discharge抵偿，补偿，赔偿，偿还。
△Tw.3.3.33: “It might havesince been answered in repaying(= paying back)What we took from them，”后来把我们夺来的东西还给了他们，应该算是解决了。
△1H.Ⅳ.1.3.184:“who studiesday and night/ To answer all the debt he owes toyou Even with the bloody payment of your deaths.”他日日夜夜考虑的就是如何采用血腥手段、拿你们的死亡来清偿他所欠你们的债。
△2H.Ⅳ. 2.1.145(129):“You speak ashaving(i.e. as if you had) power to do wrong,butanswer in the effect of your reputation,and satisfythe poor woman.”你这样说话，仿佛你有权力干坏事似的，但是为了你的名誉，你得做出补偿，满足这个可怜的妇女的要求。
△2H.IV.5.1.27(26): “ ’A(= he) shall answer it.”他要赔偿的。
17. correspond to,oppose,face 与…相配，与…相对，面向。
△H.Ⅴ.4.Cho.8:“Fire(i.e.camp fire) answersfire，”营火对着营火。
18. show in return,show反过来表明，表明。
△Rom.24.11(10):“Nay.he will answer the letter’s master,how he dares,being dared.”i.e.No,he will showTybalt just how courageous he is,having been chal-lenged to fight.不，他要让悌暴也看看：一旦受到挑战，他敢如何应战。
△ Com.3.1.19:“our cheer May answer mygood will and your good welcome here ”我们的酒食足以表明我们对你的诚意和欢迎。
19. agree with,correspond with,conform with 与…一致，与…相称，与…相符合。
△Ado.2.1.378 (361): “an-swer my mind.”称我的心。
△Ado.2.1.243 (234): “Iftheir singing answer your saying,by my faith you sayhonestly.”如果它们所唱的歌儿与你所说的相符，我便认为你是诚实的。
△Ado.5.1.12: “And let it answer everystrain for strain，” 让他的每一阵悲痛都和我完全一样、
△1H.Ⅵ.5. 5. 70:“Her valiant courage and undaunt-ed spirit./More than in women commonly is seen,Will answer our hope in issue of a king. ”她那在女人们身上很少看见的勇敢性格和无畏精神也符合我们对于国王子嗣的希望。
△3H.Ⅵ.5.6.78:“Then since the heavens haveshaped my body so./Let hell make crooked my mindto answer it.”既然上天把我的身体造成这个样子，那么就让地狱把我的内心也变得一反常人，好与身体配合一致。
20.match比得上。
△2H.Ⅵ.4.10.56(53):“As forwords,whose greatness answers words’.” 至于话语.我的大话也比得上你说的话了。
21. settle解决。
△1H.Ⅳ. 3. 3. 196(174):“Now,Hal.to the news at court for the robbery,lad,how is thatanswered?”现在，哈尔，谈谈宫里的消息吧，关于那桩抢劫案，孩子，究竟是怎样解决的？
answervi.
1. be held responsible负担责任。
△As.5.1.12 (11):“we that have good wits have much to answer for；”我们这些聪明人对于许多事都得负点责任。
△H.Ⅷ.5.3.162(5.2.197): “You must be godfather,and answer forher.”你一定要做她的教父，为她的教养负责。
2. atone,pay,compensate偿还，付出代价，补偿。
△R.Ⅲ1.3.192(191): “That Henry’s death,my lovelyEdward’s death,/ Their kingdom’s loss,my woefulbanishment,/Should all but answer for that peevishbrat?”亨利的死，我那可爱的爱德华的死，他们的王国的丧失，全都不过是为那个傻小子作抵偿吗？
3. meet the attack对付进攻，迎战。
△H.Ⅴ.2.4.2:“Andmore than carefully it us concerns/To answer royallyin our defences.” i.e. And we should be more thanusually careful to see that our defences are fullyequipped to meet the attack.事关重大，我们必须格外注意整军经武，准备迎战。 answer[ˈɑ:nsə]v. 回答，答复，答案，答（抗）辩/v. 回答（复），符合，反响，响应
◇answer a curtain call谢幕
answer back顶嘴
answer by word of mouth 口头答辩
answer for 对…负责
answer for a crime受刑罚
answer for the consequences对后果负责
answer from sb.回答某人的话
answer in writing书面答辩
answer the charge答辩
answer to适（符）合…反应
answer to the letter=answer to one’s letter回某人的信
answer to the name of 名叫
have all the answers =know all the answers对…非常了解
in answer to响应
‖ answer a question答问
answer back sarcastically 反唇相讥
answer brief答辩状
answer centredness答案中心
answer key答案
answer print校正拷贝
answer questions回答问题
answer sheet答案纸
answer variety model应答模式
answering evidence申辩材料
answering machine自动接电话机
answering service电话接听业务
answering statement答辩
answering to reporters’ request 答记者问
answerable adj.可回答的，应答复的，可驳斥的，应负责任的
answerer n.解答者，答辩者 |