1.回答；答复；复信
2.反应；回报
3.答案；解决办法
4.（在地位、实力等方面）相当的人；对应物(to)
5.【律】答辩；答辩书；（衡平法诉讼中的）被告第二答辩
6.【音】（赋格曲中的）答句，答题
及物动词：
1.回答；答复
2.回击；反驳
3.对……作出反应；响应
4.适应，适合（需要、目的、愿望等）
5.答辩（指控等）
6.解答；解决
7.符合，与……相符
不及物动词：
1.回答；答复
2.答应；回报；有反应
3.适用；代用；符合要求
4.负有责任，须作交代(to,for)
5.符合；像(to)
6.【罕】（计划、实验等）奏效，成功 词形变化
- 名称 answerer
- 时态 answered，answering，answers
- 这些动词均有“回答”之意。
answer常用词，指用书面、口头或行动对他人的请求、询问、质问等作出回答或反应。
reply较正式用词，较少用于口语。侧重经过考虑的较正式答复。
respond正式用词，指即刻的，以口头或行动对外来的号召、请求或刺激等作出回答或响应。
retort指对不同意见、批评或控诉作出迅速、有力的回答，即“反驳”。
return正式用词，从本义“归来，回去”引申作“回答、答辨”讲时，含反驳或反唇相讥之意。
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- give the correct answer or solution to
- react to a stimulus or command
- respond to a signal
- understand the meaning of
- the principle 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
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- a nonverbal reaction
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- reply or respond to
- the speech act of replying to a question