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answer to en · VERB

Meanings

1. To be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to.
   • I'm above you in the hierarchy, Jim, so you should be answering to me.
   • Shepard: Do you know anything about Spectres? Avina: The term Spectre is derived from the branch of Special Tactics and Reconnaissance. Each Sepctre agent is hand-picked by the Council. Avina: Their primary role is preserving galactic stability and resolving volatile situations that cannot be handled through normal political channels. Avina: In this role, they are granted extraterritorial rights and jurisdictions. Spectres answer to no law or authority except the Council itself. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Presidium Tourism Terminal I:
2. To justify oneself to (someone). (usually with have to)
   • You can crush us / You can bruise us / But you'll have to answer to / Oh, the guns of Brixton 1979, Paul Simonon, “The Guns of Brixton”, performed by The Clash:
   • You're going to have to answer to all of these charges to my satisfaction.
3. To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name.
   • She's answered to Katie her entire life.

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Translations (19)

cmn 向……辯解 /向……辩解 (to justify oneself to) · fi vastata (to justify oneself to) · cmn 為自己向...辯護 /为自己向...辩护 (to justify oneself to) · pt responsabilizar-se por (to be responsible to) · is ábyrgur fyrir (to be responsible to) · is óábyrgur (to be responsible to) · cmn 對……負責任 /对……负责任 (to be responsible to) · is ábyrgur (to be responsible to) · it rispondere (to be responsible to) · de passen zu (to be responsible to) · fr être responsable devant qn. (to be responsible to) · fr répondre à (to be responsible to) · ru отве́тить (to be responsible to) · ru отвеча́ть (to be responsible to) · fi vastata (to be responsible to) · fi totella nimeä (to respond to) · cmn 向……報告 /向……报告 (to be responsible to) · cmn 向……說明 /向……说明 (to justify oneself to) · cmn 叫 (to respond to)