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 child would answer back to all she said.
  她说什么这孩子都要还嘴。
• 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。
• Don't answer back to the elders; it's not polite.
  不要和长辈顶嘴，这是不礼貌的。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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 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。
• 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。
• Don't answer back to your grandmother; it's rude.
  不许和奶奶还嘴，这不礼貌。
• She was punished by teachers for answering back
  她由于顶嘴而受到了老师的惩罚。