answer back

英 [ˈɑːnsə(r) bæk]

美 [ˈænsər bæk]

（尤指小孩）回嘴，顶嘴

计算机

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

• When they scolded him, he would answer back.
  他们说他，他就顶。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't answer back to the elders; it's not polite.
  不要和长辈顶嘴，这是不礼貌的。
• 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。
• 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。
• The worker node processes that smaller task, and passes the answer back to the master node.
  工作者节点处理这些小任务，把结果返回给主节点。