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answerable 音標拼音: ['ænsɚəbəl] a. 應答復的,應負責任的;適合的,符合的 應答復的,應負責任的;適合的,符合的 answerable adj 1: capable of being answered 2: morally or legally responsible to a higher authority; " parents are answerable for their child' s acts" Answerable \ An" swer* a* ble\, a. 1. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. [ 1913 Webster] Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. [ 1913 Webster] The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. -- Johnson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. [ 1913 Webster] What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? -- Holland. [ 1913 Webster] This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Equal; equivalent; adequate. [ Archaic] [ 1913 Webster] Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
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