单词 | answerable |
释义 | answerable —answerability, answerableness, n. —answerably, adv. /an"seuhr euh beuhl, ahn"-/, adj. 1. liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions. 2. capable of being answered: a question answerable by mail. 3. proportionate; correlative (usually fol. by to). 4. corresponding; suitable (usually fol. by to): The amount is not answerable to my needs. [1540-50; ANSWER + -ABLE] |
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