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 was punished by teachers for answering back
  她由于顶嘴而受到了老师的惩罚。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't answer back like that.
  不许这样顶嘴。
• Someone will sorely try your patience, but you won't want to answer back.
  人有会惹你发火，可你是不会搭理他的。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• I don't like children who answer back.
  我不喜欢顶嘴的孩子。