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

• Jilly, didn't you hear me call you? Jilly: yes, miss, but you warned us yesterday not to answer back!
  吉尔，你没听见我见你吗？吉尔：听见了，老师。可是您昨天告诫我们不许回嘴的。
• I don't like children who answer back.
  我不喜欢顶嘴的孩子。
• Be quiet! I've told you not to answer back.
  住嘴！我已告诉你不要顶嘴。
• 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 wrote to him but I never had an answer back
  我写了信给他，但一直没收到回信。
• She was punished by teachers for answering back
  她由于顶嘴而受到了老师的惩罚。
• Don't answer back ( to your grandmother)!
  别（对奶奶）顶嘴！
• The sisters, in a sort of crude seance, would ask questions of the spirit, who would answer back with mysterious knocks or raps.
  这对姐妹，利用一种拙劣的降神会，向灵魂问问题，而灵魂会利用神秘的敲击声或叩击来回答。
• When they scolded him, he would answer back.
  他们说他，他就顶。
• "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。