| 单词 | answer |
| 释义 | answer (ɑːnsəʳ , æn- ) Word forms: answers , answering , answered 1. verb A1 When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them. I knew Ben was lying when he answered me. [VERB noun] Just answer the question. [VERB noun] He paused before answering. [VERB] 'When?' asked Alba, 'Tonight,' answered Tom. [VERB with quote] Williams answered that he had no specific proposals yet. [VERB that] Synonyms: reply, explain, respond, resolve 2. countable noun [oft in N to n] A1 An answer is something that you say when you answer someone. Without waiting for an answer, he turned and went in through the door. I don't quite know what to say in answer to your question. Synonyms: reply, response, reaction, resolution 3. not to take no for an answer phrase B2 If you say that someone will not take no for an answer, you mean that they go on trying to make you agree to something even after you have refused. She is tough, unwilling to take no for an answer. He would never take no for an answer. 4. verb A2 If you answer a letter, email, or advertisement, you write to the person who wrote it. Did he answer your letter? [VERB noun] She answered an advert for a job as a cook. [VERB noun] Synonyms: acknowledge, respond to, react to, reply to 5. countable noun [oft in N to n] A2 An answer is a letter or an email that you write to someone who has written to you. I wrote to him but I never had an answer back. She wrote to his secretary in answer to his letter of the day before. 6. verb A2 When you answer the phone, you pick it up when it rings. When you answer the door, you open it when you hear a knock or the bell. She answered her phone on the first ring. [VERB noun] A middle-aged woman answered the door. [VERB noun] Synonyms: pick up, get, respond to Answer is also a noun. I knocked at the front door and there was no answer. 7. countable noun B1 An answer to a problem is a solution to it. There are no easy answers to the problems facing the economy. [+ to] Prison is not the answer for most young offenders. Legislation is only part of the answer. Synonyms: remedy, solution, vindication 8. countable noun A2 Someone's answer to a question in a test or quiz is what they write or say in an attempt to give the facts that are asked for. The answer to a question is the fact that was asked for. Simply marking an answer wrong will not help the pupil to get future examples correct. Below are printed the answers to the Brain of Soccer quiz. Synonyms: solution, resolution, explanation 9. verb B1 When you answer a question in a test or quiz, you write or say something in an attempt to give the facts that are asked for. To obtain her degree, she answered 81 questions over 10 papers. [VERB noun] 10. countable noun [oft in N to n] Your answer to something that someone has said or done is what you say or do in response to it or in defence of yourself. In answer to speculation that she wouldn't finish the race, she boldly declared her intention of winning it. Synonyms: defence, response, reply, rebuttal 11. verb If you answer something that someone has said or done, you respond to it. He answered her smile with one of his own. [VERB noun + with] That statement seemed designed to answer criticism of allied bombing missions. [VERB noun] 12. singular noun [poss N to n] If you say that something is a place's answer to a famous thing, you mean that the first thing is the equivalent of the second in that place. [journalism] Cachaca is Brazil's answer to tequila. 13. verb If something answers a need or purpose, it satisfies it, because it has the right qualities. We provide specially designed shopping trolleys to answer the needs of parents with young children. [VERB noun] 14. verb If someone or something answers a particular description or answers to it, they have the characteristics described. Two men answering the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland. [VERB noun] The Japanese never built any aircraft remotely answering to this description. [VERB + to] Synonyms: fit, meet, match, agree to Phrasal verbs: answer back phrasal verb B2 If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them. She was punished by teachers for answering back. [VERB PARTICLE] I always answered him back when I thought he was wrong. [VERB noun PARTICLE] answer for 1. phrasal verb If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it. He must be made to answer for his terrible crimes. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. See have a lot to answer for Idioms: not take no for an answer to continue trying to make someone agree to something, despite their refusals Gerry, whose persistence has been known to wear down the resistance of many executives, refused to take no for an answer. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: answer a call He rings a printing office, and his call is answered - that's two. The Times Literary Supplement (2017) So be careful when you answer the knock on your door after dark. Times, Sunday Times She later went to the front door, either to answer a knock or to investigate a strange noise outside. The Sun She answered my knock by a feeble call from her bed. Christianity Today It took several minutes for the bleary-eyed defender to answer their knocks on his door. The Sun Answering a knock on the door, she beholds a handsome stranger. The Times Literary Supplement Post what it was that got away and its 3.5 million members may answer your prayer. Times, Sunday Times I never imagined that he would answer my prayer this way. Christianity Today Answering the prayers of our most downtrodden citizens. The Sun He answered my prayers when a long-standing member and respected elder suddenly supported my position. Christianity Today This overwhelming hospitality and love, totally unexpected, answered my prayer. Christianity Today However, perhaps your readers could answer a query that has been annoying me for a long time. Times, Sunday Times I simply can't answer this query, as you are asking the wrong question to the wrong person. Times, Sunday Times These servers are configured to answer any query with a nonexistent address answer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Stay patient and keep answering their queries about the virus. The Sun But while they answered my queries and discussed the wider political implications, they didn't ruin my innocence and enjoyment of that spectacle. Times, Sunday Times He got that grade because he was being too clever - he hadn't answered the question in the way the marking scheme had been aligned. The Sun (2008) Earlier in the day another cofounder and chief executive had a little more trouble answering the question of how to make money. Times, Sunday Times (2008) To answer the question, you had to look to letters and diaries for clues. Christianity Today (2000) One good way to set goals is to take a step-by-step approach, so try answering the question below. Everything You Need to Know for Success in Business (1990) With the assistance of a phalanx of sociologists, it persuaded 160,000 people to answer a questionnaire about incomes and interests. Times, Sunday Times Users answer a questionnaire that matches them with three wealth managers they can speak to at an agreed time. Times, Sunday Times Founders must answer a questionnaire to check that their app meets certain criteria before it can be listed. Times, Sunday Times Participants are first required to answer a questionnaire after which a selected number would be called upon stage, and asked framed questions in front of a large audience. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of 59 people who answered the questionnaire, 11 regularly shared towels, six shared razors, three shared clothing and 22 used a cold bath after training. Times, Sunday Times The charity did not give a reason for his departure and his office did not answer a request for comment. Times, Sunday Times And those figures do not include health trusts that did not answer a request for information. The Sun Those that did answer the request spent 30.2 million, but an estimate of total expenditure by all 52 forces puts the overall figure at 39.4 million. Times, Sunday Times In answering the request for new rules and rights we must be careful. Times, Sunday Times By answering the request for data when employers with lower wage workforces and low overhead do not, they pull the prevailing wage determination in their favor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although he had no choice but to answer a summons to battle, he is likely to have been sick with regret. Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler (2005) He went in without knocking, as was his usual practice when answering a summons. Bomber He failed to answer a summons three years ago. Times, Sunday Times (2009) I wonder if you could answer my inquiry below, or pass it on to someone who can. Times, Sunday Times How did they answer inquiries about their fictional overtime and imagined visits? Times, Sunday Times She had been remarkably generous in answering my inquiries and in giving me access to material in her possession. Times, Sunday Times He dealt with editors and columnists rather than answering inquiries from individual reporters. Times, Sunday Times He answered all inquiries as honestly as he could in the circumstances. Times, Sunday Times The multiple-choice test costs 34 to take and applicants must answer correctly 75 per cent of questions. Times, Sunday Times The app motivates you to keep on track by recording how many days you spend learning and hearts are awarded when you answer correctly. The Sun When questioned, he would answer correctly almost without hesitation. Times, Sunday Times Offer your client 10 easy questions, only four of which he will have to answer correctly in order to win. The Sun Answer correctly and you win a peerage. Times, Sunday Times That's impossible to answer definitively, since the serious problems have almost always arisen with lead performers. Times, Sunday Times The basic question about how syntactic dependencies are discerned has proven difficult to answer definitively. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other observations are not answered definitively by known physics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The answer depends on what the discounts are paid for. Times, Sunday Times The answer depends on various factors, including how much money you have and how confident you are with financial decisions. Times, Sunday Times The answer depends on how long it takes for workers, factories, retailers and transport to get back to normal. Times,Sunday Times The answer depends on what level of risk you are prepared to tolerate. Times, Sunday Times The answer depends on whether he can deliver his overall programme for fiscal consolidation and economic stability. Times, Sunday Times We don't watch television, answer e-mails, switch on our computer or use our smartphone. Times, Sunday Times She woke bursting to answer e-mails and crack on with her spreadsheets. Times, Sunday Times You could work flexibly at home and be chained to the computer 18 hours a day answering e-mails. Times, Sunday Times Even at weekends, there they are, poor things, answering e-mails and business phone calls. Times, Sunday Times But it has also vastly increased the work of those who answer e-mails. Times, Sunday Times Asked a question, he will always answer honestly - and be consistently surprised when his sentiments or motives aren't understood. The Sun Athletes no longer seek to answer the questions, still less to answer honestly. Times, Sunday Times It's a question none of us can answer honestly until we receive a letter from the council asking whether we have any objections to a nearby development. Times, Sunday Times Listen to the question, think about it and answer honestly. Times, Sunday Times On being asked whether he had ever played sport for money, he chose to answer honestly and declared his brief career in prize-fighting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Answer incorrectly and you're out. Times, Sunday Times This can also occur if all the mob members answer incorrectly, but choose the same incorrect answer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, if the contestant answer incorrectly, he loses 5 points. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On some kinds of tests - we benefit from answering incorrectly by, in effect, priming our brain for what's coming later. Christianity Today However, if someone answers incorrectly the entire team loses all its cash and has to start again. ST I am too busy leading this exciting media life to answer individually. Times, Sunday Times Team members who buzz in must answer individually and can not confer with their partners. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each person answered individually and, as expected, the average converged on the right answer. Times, Sunday Times Answer promptly - if l someone has bared all (literally) for you then don't leave them hanging for a reply. The Sun Rising numbers of people are calling 999 because attempts to reach 101 are not answered promptly or at all. Times,Sunday Times The smart chap on the end of the line answered promptly. Times, Sunday Times We hand them a question booklet, an answer sheet, and an envelope with postage on it. Christianity Today We don't get the full answer sheet to the quiz of life. Christianity Today For the same reason, the candidate may not identify himself/herself on the answer sheet except with an identity-masking number. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Multiple choice questions are tested using a standardised optical answer sheet that uses optical mark recognition for detecting answers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each team shall hand in one answer sheet only. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lying flat on the floor so you don't have to answer the doorbell. Times, Sunday Times The daughter answered the doorbell that evening to find a seven-foot-tall, brightly wrapped box. Christianity Today Not answering the doorbell to unknown callers. The Sun Net curtains twitch, nobody answers the doorbell. Times, Sunday Times I answered the phone and the casting director was really calm. The Sun (2015) On Friday nobody was answering the phone or the doorbell. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Never give your name or number when you answer the phone, especially if you've got an ex-directory number. KICK BACK (2002) If only, for heaven's sake, you would answer the phone or address yourself to the issue of voice mail. THE CALLIGRAPHER (2002) Answer truthfully and, once and for all, accept who you really are. Times, Sunday Times Or, at least, she won't answer truthfully. Times, Sunday Times It was never confrontational, but you could see him leading the witness down this path where they had no other option but to answer truthfully. Times, Sunday Times The other player must answer truthfully if he has no more than 10 cards left, otherwise he can refuse to answer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The other half will answer truthfully according to their experience. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three billion nervous little catfish await the answer. Christianity Today I await the answer with interest. Times, Sunday Times He then opened his barbershop to await an answer which never arrived. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are furious and awaiting answers from the club about the incident. The Sun He raised the right question on the conference floor but it awaits an answer. Times, Sunday Times When you're ready for a candid answer. Christianity Today Forums, where users of direct to garment products can discuss help topics and get candid answers from industry experts and other users, are one example. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His candid answers were direct and emotional. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are some excellent schemes but the system needs a serious shake-up before noncustodial sentences are a clear answer. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This is a controversial issue and there is no clear answer. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The upside is you always get a clear answer, and you have something to write in your log book. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It is a challenging question without a clear answer, but some tentative suggestions can be attempted. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The clear answer is "yes". Your One Week Way to Mind-Fitness (1994) As to where the traditional paisley design came from, there isn't a clear-cut answer. Times, Sunday Times If you're looking for a clear-cut answer, don't expect to find it in the ingredients listed on the label. Times, Sunday Times Researchers are looking everywhere for the reason--from drinking water to the womb--with no clear-cut answer to date. The Scientist Don't settle for a 'maybe' at home when it's time for a clear-cut answer. The Sun While more down-to-earth situations often require research, your efforts result in clear-cut answers. Times, Sunday Times Nobody connected with the case emerges with their credit intact, despite a conclusive answer to the 'whodunnit' mystery. Times, Sunday Times So far, we have a reasonably conclusive answer. Times, Sunday Times The detail which follows it provides the conclusive answer to his complaints. Times, Sunday Times In addition to this, we believe we can provide technology that can provide a conclusive answer within five seconds of an incident. Times, Sunday Times The work being left unfinished, it doesn't come to a conclusive answer to the question in debate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I rarely seemed to get a convincing answer. Times, Sunday Times I have never really found a convincing answer to why audiences like to be horrified for pleasure. Times, Sunday Times My optician did not provide a convincing answer as to how to cure these. Times, Sunday Times A more convincing answer might be that tenants can insist on landlords playing ball. Times, Sunday Times But he was unable to offer much of a convincing answer. Globe and Mail The correct answer is cupcakes, slow food and heritage tomatoes. Times, Sunday Times (2012) While the latter made our childhood dreams come true, the former (and dishier) specimen is, of course, the correct answer. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Anyone can easily find the correct answer by taking a calcium supplement for a few weeks themselves. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Most contestants abstain after the expert has been successfully called upon unless they are absolutely certain they have the correct answer. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The joy of science comes from really understanding something and not just giving a correct answer. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This could give a strong indication, although not necessarily the definite answer you're looking for. The Sun In love, too, you have been patient long enough and deserve a definite answer. The Sun It's difficult to give you a definite answer, because there are so many factors involved. The Sun The couple said they were never given a definite answer. Times, Sunday Times It's just impossible to give a definite answer. The Sun Obviously this is a very difficult choice and there is no definitive answer to it. Planning the Organic Vegetable Garden (1986) Research has not and probably cannot offer a definitive answer. Human Resource Management in Government (1995) There is no definitive answer about how good it is for you. Times, Sunday Times (2015) I wish I had the definitive answer. The Sun (2016) But for the overall health of the economy the definitive answer is this: sometimes a currency depreciation is beneficial and sometimes it isn't. Times, Sunday Times (2016) To choose from between six brands, you need to ask questions and answer them yourself, or demand the answer from the merchant. Outlook India In a conventional political scandal, the principal opposition party would be demanding the answers. Times, Sunday Times The third question that yesterday's papers were demanding an answer to was: could you be locked in a cupboard? Times, Sunday Times She then tracks the cad down at his home, above, to demand some answers. The Sun If he's a mouthpiece for misogyny, he nonetheless demands an answer. Times, Sunday Times Her mellifluous voice gave nothing away, but it was her only direct answer all day. Times, Sunday Times Each time she dodged giving a direct answer, instead sticking to her line. Times, Sunday Times When this question crops up, and trust me, it will, nothing but a direct answer will suffice. Times, Sunday Times The only direct answer that he could give was that he wanted his full fee. The Sun I'm caught off guard and often avoid a direct answer. Christianity Today While such questions surround a fly half the emphatic answer to the international question is no. Times, Sunday Times (2014) My emphatic answer to that is yes. The Sun (2013) My emphatic answer is that it is does not. Times, Sunday Times (2012) No, was the emphatic answer. Times, Sunday Times (2006) You might take the view that any journalistic inquiry warrants an evasive answer if circumstances dictate, and that's your privilege. Times, Sunday Times I noted his evasive answer and hoped this was merely his standard procedure. Christianity Today Runs are scored for every evasive answer, the number dependent on how outrageous. Times,Sunday Times Her evasive answer to the driver's licence question in last week's debate prompted rival candidates to denounce her for 'double-speak'. Times, Sunday Times It was a simple question that led to an evasive answer. Globe and Mail You must be given an answer within 40 calendar days of making a request. Times, Sunday Times (2012) He is loath to give an answer. Times, Sunday Times (2010) ' I have to give an answer within the mandate or I have to ask my boss in Berlin to... to... pacify the money men. BLOOD IS DIRT (2003) One student said that his answers were the same, and that multiplying that number by a smaller whole number gave an answer equal to his birth year. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In which case, his query demands a fairly honest answer. Times, Sunday Times I know that would hurt me as much as anyone else but that's my honest answer. Times,Sunday Times Had you asked the average business journalist 12 months ago whether they had heard of credit insurance, the honest answer would have been 'no'. Times, Sunday Times They will give an honest answer to the bloke who pays the bills. The Sun To which the honest answer can only ever be, absolutely none. Times, Sunday Times Business now needs an immediate answer to the question: where to build a new runway. Times, Sunday Times The immediate answer has to be rather a good one. Times,Sunday Times They say he demands an immediate answer, to which he regularly replies between 3am and 4am. Times,Sunday Times If you gave an immediate answer to the first question, you are probably also aware that the names listed are those of the main credit reference agencies. Times, Sunday Times The caller wants an immediate answer. Times, Sunday Times The prize pot was increased by 50 after each incorrect answer. Times, Sunday Times The producers of the advert said the scene shown was of the teacher deliberately demonstrating an incorrect answer. Times, Sunday Times Where the document was an application form containing questions, it did not necessarily follow that an incomplete or incorrect answer would be material. Times, Sunday Times It found that 83 per cent had at times been unable to answer and 63 per cent admitted giving an incorrect answer to preserve their parental dignity. Times, Sunday Times If a player buzzed in with the incorrect answer, his opponent moved on to the endgame (rules of the endgame see below). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A fiscal union would be a logical answer. Times, Sunday Times He regrets that he can find no logical answer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The scheme for a grand crescent with central gardens, playing grounds and rail facilities was developed as the most logical answer to this dilemma. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's no logical answer to that, so we sent them the set lists from the previous 3 months. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You know from experience there's no easy answer to life's problems, so maybe you'd be best to seek out the advice of professionals. The Sun We'd have daily battles with him about going to school, but there was no easy answer. The Sun There's no easy answer, really. Times, Sunday Times And, of course, there's no easy answer. Times, Sunday Times It's a good question with no easy answer. Globe and Mail The obvious answer is to turn to a body scrub. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The obvious answer, from the moment he joylessly unsheathes his defibrillation paddles, is no. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But the university's head of admissions has some simple advice: don't be a smart aleck, give the obvious answer. Times, Sunday Times (2018) To which the obvious answer is: 'Of course not. The Sun (2016) The obvious answer is for football to police itself. The Sun (2013) Don't, for instance, ask a question which permits a one-word answer. The Sun She wants a one-word answer, yes or no, to her first set of questions. Times, Sunday Times I have a one-word answer to this: parliament. Times, Sunday Times A routine greeting brought a one-word answer. Times, Sunday Times Three times in the course of half an hour with journalists, he gave the same one-word answer: 'rotations'. Times, Sunday Times It wasn't until nearly 2,000 years later that mathematicians were able to give a partial answer to this. Times, Sunday Times Markets and competition are only ever a partial answer. Times, Sunday Times On a fifth he cited employer-employee confidentiality and on a sixth gave a partial answer and then cited a previous response. Times, Sunday Times So there's a partial answer to that mystery. The Sun It's only a partial answer that the state pension age needs to rise progressively. Times,Sunday Times Put on the spot, he took a fraction too long to come up with a plausible answer, by which point the deceit was evident. Times,Sunday Times But there were too many cases involving too wide a range of ingenuous persons for this to be a plausible answer. The Times Literary Supplement By saying that something begs the question, they hope to signal with laboured irony that they do not expect their opponent to be able to give a plausible answer. Times, Sunday Times There seems to be only one plausible answer. Times, Sunday Times Common sense seems to be a plausible answer to functional fixedness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Asked for a more precise answer on frequency, he said that he would have to call back. Times, Sunday Times Not quite the precise answer that was required. Times, Sunday Times It had taken so long to reach this point that the calm, precise answer came like a blow. Times, Sunday Times These methods would give the precise answer if they were performed in infinite precision arithmetic. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The engineer laughs and answers negatively, however they together find a precise answer in the universitarian books of the engineer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two large bodies of material - one historical, the other archeological - provide the answer. Times, Sunday Times Super-strong carbon nanotubes may now provide the answer. Times, Sunday Times The salts dissolved in the water provide an answer. Times, Sunday Times The conclusion seems to be that while technology cannot provide an answer for absolutely everything, it generally can provide an answer to most things. Times, Sunday Times His concluding passage seems to provide the answer. The Times Literary Supplement The quick answer could still be a rejection of the application. Times, Sunday Times Not a quick answer to its problems, but a long way from disaster. Times, Sunday Times But the 39-year-old snubbed their offer after being pressed for a quick answer. The Sun The question - do you want a right answer or a quick answer? Times, Sunday Times However, a quick answer to what's wrong can save a lot of wasted time and effort. The Sun The marking scheme gave only one right answer. Times, Sunday Times (2018) It makes you realise how much you react as a creature of habit as opposed to producing the right answer. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Most say diplomatically - perhaps wondering what the right answer is - that they like breakfast at home and breakfast club equally. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Interpreting private motives under a reign of terror is notoriously hard, but the right answer must surely be that it does not matter. Times, Sunday Times (2006) In the literacy test, candidates are asked to choose the right answer from four alternative spellings for words such as preference, acknowledge and relieved. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Not so long ago the leading indices would have supplied a satisfactory answer. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Nobody has yet provided a satisfactory answer. BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans (2003) And there is no satisfactory answer. The Sun (2006) Many churches seek the answer in reorderings to provide, at least notionally, for flexible space and multiple uses. The Times Literary Supplement Seeking the answer to these questions would prove transformative for the people living under these curses, improve society, and provide riveting documentaries. Times, Sunday Times We sought the answer to this question by measuring the links between marketing efforts and conservation fundraising success. Smithsonian Mag In many instances the coyote teacher will refuse to explain something to the student, instead encouraging them to seek the answer and giving them the resources to do so. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Church leadership has been on a quest for identity over the past twenty years seeking the answers to several questions. Christianity Today To which the only sensible answer comes from panto as well: oh no they won't! Times, Sunday Times He always had the sensible answer to things. The Sun Silence, the ringing absence of any sensible answer. Christianity Today Known as 'mutual aid', it may appear to be the most sensible answer. Times, Sunday Times I phoned the helpline twice, but could not get a sensible answer. Times, Sunday Times The short answer is that things have got worse. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The short answer is an emphatic'Yes! Times, Sunday Times (2010) The short answer was that they kept giving away cheap penalties in kicking range. The Sun (2015) The short answer is: who gives a monkey's? Times, Sunday Times (2016) The short answer is that there is not. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The simple answer to this is tell him he is persona non grata. The Sun (2013) As with many cyclical, complex ecosystems interwoven within unavoidable human influence, there is no one simple answer at any given time. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The simple answer is he has got himself fit again. The Sun (2016) The simple answer to this question is yes. Coping with Angina (1990) The simple answer is often to do something bold and previously unthinkable. Times, Sunday Times (2007) I should have known that there would be no straight answer. Times, Sunday Times Too mindful of his brand sales to give a straight answer? Times, Sunday Times For two and a half hours he was questioned on many issues but never once gave a straight answer. The Sun She said he would not give a 'straight answer' to where he had been. The Sun Well, we all know that politicians don't always give us a straight answer. Times, Sunday Times Use this guide to find a straightforward answer. Christianity Today There's a straightforward answer there - cut down on the sauce. The Sun The entertainment question doesn't have a straightforward answer in football. Times, Sunday Times You have asked a straightforward question and you deserve a straightforward answer. Times, Sunday Times If you're after a straightforward answer, you are likely to be disappointed. Times, Sunday Times Mathematics did not supply the answer to that most sensitive and difficult of judicial responsibilities. Times, Sunday Times He asks the right question, just so long as they don't also let him supply the answer. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps physics can supply an answer to this. The Times Literary Supplement Here are six circumstances in which democracy may not supply the answer. Times, Sunday Times Pangenesis looked to him as if it might supply the answer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One surprising answer is that some of it is cosmic dust from outer space that constantly showers down on Earth. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The surprising answer is to forget about the board. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The surprising answer was equal temperament - an irrational, and hardly natural, compromise system designed to facilitate modulation. The Times Literary Supplement Love questions may seem simple at first, but need a thoughtful answer. The Sun As well as looking good, say the experts, you should take some time to prepare a thoughtful answer to an interviewer's question. ST Love asks a question that needs a thoughtful answer. The Sun You've got almost too much attraction power, even if you can't see it, and a love question needs a thoughtful answer. The Sun When you are asked a love question, give a thoughtful answer. The Sun Any truthful answer to that question depends, though, on how far down you mean. Times, Sunday Times The truthful answer would probably be: getting voted in - twice. Times, Sunday Times The supermarket would be the truthful answer but not the one that was being solicited. Times, Sunday Times The truthful answer was always 'invaluable'. Times, Sunday Times A knack for asking the right questions gets the truthful answers you need. The Sun The unequivocal answer seems to be 'yes'. Times, Sunday Times The unequivocal answer must be: both. The Times Literary Supplement That the suits can be used until the results of prolonged and rigorous scientific testing finally emerge with unequivocal answers? Times, Sunday Times It was a vague answer to suit a vague performance. Times, Sunday Times In another version, he gives a more vague answer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They attempt to question him about the decisions he makes about the galaxy, but he gives everything a vague answer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cardinals were given only vague answers; participants said this was far from a key issue in their deliberations. Times, Sunday Times He can be curt, offering vague answers, professing to being 'very private', or simply responding with a 'sure' or a shrug. Times, Sunday Times At one point during questioning, an officer held up a copy of a publicly available parliamentary written answer that he had faxed to a journalist as evidence of illegal activity. Times, Sunday Times The government told him in a written answer that it would be too confusing. Times, Sunday Times Cautions for possession fell from 20,609 to 12,672 between 2009 and 2014, a parliamentary written answer states. Times, Sunday Times Another written answer said that the probation inspectorate had recently recruited two new directors and another executive, which increases 'senior staff capacity' and enables some delegation of work. Times, Sunday Times Students must use documents as well as listen to a recording to give a written answer to the question. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nobody can tell a recently bereaved spouse the answer to this dilemma; there is no right or wrong answer. Times, Sunday Times (2012) By volunteering and giving the wrong answer three times, Jupiter Jones had managed to reduce his own score to thirty. THE ROGUES' REUNION (1993) You adopt a mind-set of defending your own ability, which leads to a wrong answer. Your One Week Way to Mind-Fitness (1994) There is no right or wrong answer here. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This would yield an answer of 1/2. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So for those who have apprehensions about a populist shift to the left, head-counting reds in government will not yield any answers. ST Comparisons across mouse and other animal genomes may eventually yield some answers. The Scientist The term (cm/cm) cancels, but represents a special square situation yielding an answer in ohms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 答案, 回答 Japanese: 答え, 答える |
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