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

• 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。
• Answer back mechanism Thomas pushed the bell again. Still, there was no response.
  振铃应答机构，自动回答机构托马斯又按按铃。还是没有回音。
• If you can overcome your doubt that you can communicate with Her, byfirmly assuming the truth of it, by calling Her and expecting Her answer,-SheWILL answer back to you!
  如果你们可以通过坚定地确认这个事实，克服你们疑虑并且和她交流–她将会对你们做出回应！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I don't like children who answer back.
  我不喜欢顶嘴的孩子。
• 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。