Councils should be answerable to the people who elect them.

When he answered the phone, Ferguson was at the other end.

他接电话时，电话那一端是弗格森。

He answered her smile with one of his own.

他对她的微笑回以同礼。

They stood in a semi-circle round the teacher's chair and answered questions.

他们围着老师的椅子站成半圆形回答问题。

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。

"Whatever is that row?" she demanded. "Pop festival," he answered.

“那闹哄哄的究竟是在做什么？”她问道。“是流行音乐节，”他回答说。

To obtain her degree, she answered 81 questions over 10 papers.

为获得学位，她回答了10页纸上的81个问题。

On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.

还有一回，我一接电话，就掉线了。

Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder.

卢克的回应就是把她的肩头抓得更紧了。

Major questions remain to be answered about his work.

关于他工作的许多重要问题仍然悬而未决。

"What's up?", I said to him. — "Nothing much," he answered.

“出什么事啦？”我对他说。——“没什么事，”他答道。

Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered.

不幸的是，几乎不可能看到这些重大问题得到回复。

"That is correct, Meg," he answered in his cold, dead voice.

“没错，梅格。”他用冰冷、阴沉的声音答道。

These questions support the answerer. They show you have been listening.

这些问题是对回复者的一种肯定. 它们表明你一直都在听他们讲话.

She told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering questions.

她告诉学生们在回答问题前要好好想一想.

He took his time answering, knowing that he must select his words with great care.

他意识到自己必须言辞谨慎，于是不慌不忙地回答着问题。

I saw no one answering to the description.

我没见过有这样相貌的人.

He avoided answering my questions.

他避而不答我的问题.

In certain conditions, answering back sarcastically is necessary.

在某种情况下, 反唇相讥是必要的.

Don't degrade yourself by answering him.

不要自贬身分去搭理他.

Answering to his name, he stood up immediately.

听到叫自己的名字, 他马上站了起来.