答え

こたえ【答え】

①［応答・返事］

〔返答〕

**answer

〖C〗〔…への〕答え， 返事， 応答， 回答〔to〕(〖略〗A. ， ans. )(⇔question)

a half answer 中途半端な答え

She is (very) much interested to know the answer. 彼女はその答えをとても知りたがっている

a purposeful answer 意味深長な答え

A soft answer turns away wrath. 〔聖〕(非難に対する)穏やかな答えは怒りをそらす

give an oblique answer 遠回しに答える

I made a positive answer to his invitation. 彼の招待をお受けすると答えた

Give me a straight answer to my question. 私の質問に正直に答えなさい

She wrote a check for ＄100 in answer to my request. 彼女は私の要求に答えて100ドルの小切手を切ってくれた.

*reply

〖C〗〔…への〕返事， 答え〔to〕

What will he say in reply (to our offer)? (私たちの申し出に)答えて彼は何と言うだろうか.

②［解答］

〔解答〕

**answer

〖C〗〔問題などの〕解答， 解決策〔to〕

circle the pupils' answers in red ink 生徒の答えに赤インクで丸をつける

Don't copy the answers from your neighbor. 隣席の人の答えを写すな

Neither answer is correct. Correct them. どちらの答えも正しくない. 2つとも訂正しなさい.

*result

〖C〗〔数〕(計算の)結果， 答え.

▲Can you guess this riddle? このなぞの答えを考えつきますか.

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こたえ【答え】

1 〔回答〕 an answer; a reply; 〔応答〕 a response; a rejoinder; 〔手応え〕 ⇒てごたえ.

●アンケートへの答え the answers [response] to a questionnaire

・明快な答え a clear answer [reply, response]

・模範的な答え a model [perfect] answer

・あやふやな答え a vague [an equivocal] answer [reply, response]

・とんちんかんな答え an irrelevant answer [reply].

●何度もドアをたたいたが答えがなかった. He knocked and knocked but there was no response [no one came to the door]. | No one answered his repeated knocks on the door.

・品物はすぐに発送するという答えが返ってきた. I received an answer [a reply] saying that the goods would be dispatched immediately. | They replied that the goods would be dispatched immediately.

・先日お尋ねした件について早く答えがほしい. I would like a quick response to the query I raised with you [matter I asked you about] the other day. | Please respond as soon as possible to my inquiry of the other day.

●問い詰められて答えに詰まった[窮した]. I was stuck how to answer [respond to] these pressing demands.

・それじゃあまったく答えになっていない. That's not an answer! | You are not answering my question. | That's not what I'm asking.

●市民の申し入れに対する答えを急ぐ必要がある. We should make a rapid response to these approaches from the citizens.

・彼の提案への答えを考えているところだ. I'm just thinking how to respond to his proposal.

・答えを渋る hesitate to reply; reply reluctantly [grudgingly]

・はっきりした答えをする give a definite [a clear, an unambiguous] answer [reply]; answer [reply] definitely

・あいまいな答えをする give a vague [an ambiguous, a woolly] answer [reply]; answer [reply] vaguely

・彼は答えを探しているような表情をした. He looked as though he was trying to find an answer.

2 〔解答〕 an answer; a solution; 【数】 a result. [＝かいとう⁹]

●500 円という答えが出た. The answer came out as 500 yen.

・さあ答えが出た. Now I've got the answer.

・答えがわからない. I don't know the answer.

・…という答えが出る The answer is….

●答えの出ない impossible to answer; unanswerable; insoluble.

●答えを出す work out [get, give, arrive at, produce] an answer

・計算して答えを出す do a sum [calculation]; work out the solution to a calculation

・コンピューターが数秒で答えを出した. In a few seconds the computer produced a [the] solution.

・正しい答えを出す get [produce, work out] the right answer; get the answer right

・答えを間違う answer wrong; get the answer wrong

・(正解と)答えを合わせる compare one's answers 《with…》

・次の問いの答えを求む. Answer the following question(s). | Provide solutions to the following problem(s).

・今の学生は考えるのが嫌いですぐに答えをほしがる. Students nowadays don't want to think; they want instant answers [solutions].

●答えは 2√5 です. The answer is 2√5.

・答えはこれでいいですか. Is this answer correct? | Is this the right answer?

答え合わせ checking answers; answer checking.