answer的用法与搭配归纳详解
answer的中文意思我们知道是回答的意思,那么它有什么用法或者搭配呢?以下是学习啦小编给大家带来answer的用法详解与搭配,以供大家参阅!
answer的动词用法
【 用作动词,除表示“回答”“答复”外,还可表示“接(电话)”或对门铃等声响作出反应等(常与call, bell, telephone, door, door-bell等连用)。】如:
I can’t answer the telephone. I am having a bath. 我不能接电话,我正在洗澡。
Nobody answered my call for help. 没有人理会我的呼救。
Don’t expect her to answer the doorbell at eight o’clock on Sunday morning. She won’t be up. 星期日早上8点钟时,别指望她听见门铃响会来开门。她那时还没有起床呢。
answer的名词用法
3. 用作名词,表示“回答”“答复”“答案”“回应”等,注意以下各例中 answer 后接的介词是 to 而不是 of:
He got the answer to the riddle as quick as a flash. 他一下子就猜中了谜底。
I wish I knew the answer to your question. 我但愿知道你的问题的答案。
My answer to his threat was to hit him on the nose. 我对他的威胁的回答是照他的鼻子打去。
answer的in answer to搭配与用法
【用于短语 in answer to(作为回应)。】如:
He came at once in answer to my phone call. 他一接到我的电话就来了。
In answer to your recent inquiry, the book you mention is not in stock. 您近日询问的书暂时无货,谨此奉复。
5. 比较answer与reply:两者均可表示“回答”,但answer 属常用词,多用于一般性应答,而reply则较正式,多指经过考虑而作出答复,若不细分,两者可换用。但是,answer可自由地用作及物或不及物动词,而reply除后接that从句或引出直接引语是及物动词外,一般只用作不及物动词,其后若接名词或代词作宾语,应借助介词to:answer [reply to] a question 回答问题。
answer的短语搭配与用法
【注意以下两个有用短语的用法】
(1) answer to的用法:
① 对……负责,向某人解释。如:
Who do you answer to in your new job? 你做的新工作要向谁负责?
② 对……有反应,顺从。如:
The dog answers to his name. 这狗听到自己的名字就有反应。
③ 由……控制:The plane answered smoothly to the controls. 这架飞机操纵自如。
(2) answer for 的用法:
① 对……负责。如:
You’ll have to answer for your carelessness. 你得对你的疏忽负责任。
② 对……受责,承担……的后果。如:
All these things are to be answered for. 所有这一切都是要偿还的。
③ 代表某人或支持某事物而讲话。如:
I agree but I can’t answer for my friends. 我同意,但我不能代表我的朋友也同意。
Knowing her well I can certainly answer for her honesty. 我很了解她,当然能担保她诚实。
其后可接名词或代词,一般不接 that 从句,若要接这类从句,通常应先接形式宾语 it。如:
I can’t answer for his honesty.= I can’t answer for it that he is honest. 我不能保证他是诚实的。