answer back

英 [ˈɑːnsə(r) bæk]

美 [ˈænsər bæk]

（尤指小孩）回嘴，顶嘴

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柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （尤指小孩）回嘴，顶嘴
  If someone, especially a child,answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
  1. She was punished by teachers for answering back...
     她由于顶嘴而受到了老师的惩罚。
  2. I always answered him back when I thought he was wrong.
     我觉得他说得不对时总是要顶他几句。

双语例句

• She surrounded herself with underlings who were too afraid of her to ever answer back.
  她找了一些对她害怕得从不敢回嘴的下属围在自己身边。
• He tried to answer back whenever he was criticized.
  每当他挨批评时他都要为自己辩护。
• Don't answer back to the elders; it's not polite.
  不要和长辈顶嘴，这是不礼貌的。
• He told me all about it, though I did not answer back.
  他告诉我有关西瓜酒的一切，尽管我没有回答。
• I wrote to him but I never had an answer back
  我写了信给他，但一直没收到回信。
• I remember I answered some smart answer back. I don't know what it was, though.
  我记得我回答了一些巧妙的顶嘴。虽然我不记得说了什么了。
• The company criticized in the documentary were given the opportunity to answer back.
  在这部纪录片中受指责的那家公司被给予一个作公开答复的机会。
• When they scolded him, he would answer back.
  他们说他，他就顶。
• Jim did not answer back lest his mother should be angry with him.
  吉姆没有回嘴，免得妈妈对他生气。
• Answer back mechanism Thomas pushed the bell again. Still, there was no response.
  振铃应答机构，自动回答机构托马斯又按按铃。还是没有回音。