answerable 音标拼音: ['ænsɚəbəl]
a . 应答复的,应负责任的;适合的,符合的
应答复的,应负责任的;适合的,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 "
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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 .
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Will any man argue that . . .
he can not be justly punished ,
but is answerable only to God ? --
Swift .
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2 .
Capable of being answered or refuted ;
admitting a satisfactory answer .
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The argument ,
though subtle ,
is yet answerable .
--
Johnson .
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3 .
Correspondent ;
conformable ;
hence ,
comparable .
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What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course ? --
Holland .
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This revelation . . .
was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians . --
Milton .
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4 .
Proportionate ;
commensurate ;
suitable ;
as ,
an achievement answerable to the preparation for it .
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5 .
Equal ;
equivalent ;
adequate . [
Archaic ]
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Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable ,
he had reached that year ,
as was thought ,
the utmost bounds of Britain . --
Milton .
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