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

• 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。
• Don't answer back like that.
  不许这样顶嘴。
• 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 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。
• "The man replied," I also shout angrily at the windows and doors of the house and none of them dare to answer back.
  男人回答到，我也很生气的朝着房子的窗户和门大喊，也没有谁敢回应。
• The child would answer back to all she said.
  她说什么这孩子都要还嘴。
• I'll try my best to get an answer back to you before Friday.
  我会尽量在星期五之前给你答复。
• I don't like children who answer back.
  我不喜欢顶嘴的孩子。
• 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。
• 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。