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

• He not only ignored the criticism of his friends but went so far as to answer back ( or retort) sarcastically.
  他对朋友们的批评置若罔闻，甚至反唇相讥。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When they scolded him, he would answer back.
  他们说他，他就顶。
• 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 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。
• She was punished by teachers for answering back
  她由于顶嘴而受到了老师的惩罚。
• 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。
• Jilly: yes, miss, but you warned us yesterday not to answer back!
  吉尔：听见了，老师。可是您昨天告诫我们不许回嘴的。