这几个单词真是再熟习不过
组合一块看起来的意思彷佛也就那么回事
“答案是零”
但想起中文里那些和数字干系的针言
“不三不四”、“五花八门”...的意思
这么大略直白的翻译彷佛不对劲
The answer is zero
当老外对你说：The answer is zero.
想表达的意思是事情“白忙一场、毫无结果”
例：
No matter what you have done, the answer is zero.
无论你做了什么，都是白忙一场。
A: How is the programme?
操持怎么样了？
B: The answer is zero.
白忙活了。
answer back
answer （sb.） back =顶撞，辩驳
不是很礼貌的办法应对长辈，领导的批评
例：
Stop answering your mother back!
不准和你妈妈顶撞！
I'd generally talk my father round, but never answer back.
我会委婉地和父亲阐明，从来不顶撞。
talk sb. round=委婉的表达；说服
answer the door
answer the door
意思是应声开门、听到铃声去开门
例：
I'm on the phone. Could you answer the door for me?
我正在打电话，你能帮我开一下门吗？
answer the call of nature
answer the call of nature=上厕所
例：
Just a moment. I have to go to answer the call of nature.
稍等一会，我想上厕所。
answer for / to
answer for=对…卖力
例：
Do you really think the company will be made to answer for the problems that their pollution causes among the local people?
你真的认为公司会卖力他们在当地造成的污染问题？
answer to=答复
例：
That is an indirect answer to the question.
那只是对这一问题的间接答复。
