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

• When they scolded him, he would answer back.
  他们说他，他就顶。
• Don't answer back to your grandmother; it's rude.
  不许和奶奶还嘴，这不礼貌。
• 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。
• 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 wrote to him but I never had an answer back
  我写了信给他，但一直没收到回信。
• 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。
• 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。
• He tried to answer back whenever he was criticized.
  每当他挨批评时他都要为自己辩护。
• 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 don't like children who answer back.
  我不喜欢顶嘴的孩子。