answering
present participle ofanswer
| 单词 | answering |
| 释义 | answering present participle ofanswer answer verb uk/ˈɑːn.sər/us/ˈæn.sɚ/answerverb(REACT)A1[IorT] to say, write, or do something as areactionto aquestion,letter, etc.: I can't answer (you) without moredetailedinformation. You haven't answered myquestion. Itextedaskingwhether he'd be coming to thepartybut he hasn't answeredyet. [+ speech]"I'dloveto havedinnerwith you, but I won't beableto get there before nine o'clock," she answered. [+ that]She answeredthatshe wouldn't beableto come before nine o'clock. formalDoes anyone here answerto thenameof(= is anyone here called)Wallis? to answer someone
A2[IorT] toopenthedoorto someone orpickup thephone: Someone's at thedoor- would you answer it,please? Iphonedlastnightbut nobody answered.
Answering & responding
answerverb(BE SUITABLE FOR)[T] to besuitablefor andsatisfysomeone'sneeds: Heshowedme somesoftwarethat answered myrequirementsexactly. I've got somefurniturein theatticthat Ithinkmight answeryourneeds. Being suitable or unsuitable
answerverb(MATCH)[IorT](alsoanswer to) tomatchadescription: A woman who answers to the suspect'sdescriptionwasseenin theareaon thenightof thecrime. Being or appearing similar or the same
Phrasal verbsanswer (someone) back answer back answer forsomething answer forsomeone/something answer tosomeone Examplesofansweringanswering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Answeringthese questions will be key to increasing adoption of biologically integrated farming systems. From theCambridge English Corpus Answeringthis involves stepping outside the discipline of the system designer and understanding the social, material and organisational aspects of medical work. From theCambridge English Corpus Answeringthis question will help provide us with an understanding of what produces both the similarities and differences in sleep mentation across sleep stages. From theCambridge English Corpus But the orange sticker on the correctansweringmachine button is not used to stand in for anything. From theCambridge English Corpus In contrast, an electronicansweringform can abolish this artificialansweringeffect. From theCambridge English Corpus Analysis of the type of abductions made as part of the inference process provides insight into how the system is behaving whenansweringquestions. From theCambridge English Corpus They provide the first experimental study of algorithms foransweringqueries. From theCambridge English Corpus The specification was used to derive algorithms for consistentlyansweringsome restricted forms of first order queries and to obtain some complexity results. From theCambridge English Corpus Inansweringthis question, the customer now uses the term herself, two pads (line 32), in referring to the service. From theCambridge English Corpus Future questionansweringsystems should be able to access content in multiple languages and across multiple media as well. From theCambridge English Corpus Questionansweringsystems could also go beyond text-based sources, to include other media: spoken language, imagery, data from structured sources, including databases and knowledge bases. From theCambridge English Corpus Inansweringthe first question a series of contradictions arise. From theCambridge English Corpus However, these practices are neither necessary nor sufficient foransweringto occur. From theCambridge English Corpus In the remainder of cases, non-selected recipients generally responded and did so byansweringthe question in nearly all cases. From theCambridge English Corpus Champion's restraint inansweringthis question is a measure of his mastery as a historian. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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