answer是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to be responsible for something bad, or to be punished for something -- 對…負責任；因為…而受責罰

  • I expect parents to answer for their children's behaviour. 我希望父母能對其子女的行為負責。

  • "Why do you think there's so much violence nowadays?" "Well, violence on television has a lot to answer for (= is the cause of much of it)." 「在你看來，為甚麼現在會有那麼多的暴力事件？」「這個嘛，很大程度上要歸咎於電視對暴力的宣揚。」