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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

回答 [huídá]
  1. 1. verb answer

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

回答 [huídá]
  1. 1. answer; reply; response
    请回答我的问题。
    Answer my question, please.
    从理论上回答了这个问题
    furnish a theoretical answer to this question
    我回答了老师的问话。
    他回答了我的问题。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

回答 [huídá]
  1. 1. 动 对提出的问题、要求给予解答或表示意见
    回答记者的问题
    用事实回答了人们的疑问。
  2. 2. 名 对提出的问题、要求所作出的答复
    这个回答不能令人满意。
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Examples

他的回答暗含着对我们工作的批评。
His reply implied a criticism of our work. → 暗含
他很有把握地回答了所有的问题。
He answered all the questions with assurance. → 把握
以毫不含糊的语言作出回答
answer in clear and unequivocal terms; answer in explicit language → 不含糊
淡然地回答
answer drily (or coolly) → 淡然
回答调查问卷
respond to a questionnaire → 调查问卷
他回答得很干脆。
His answer was simple and straightforward. or He gave a clear-cut reply. → 干脆
你回答的话跟他所问的我看不出有什么关系。
I don't see any connection between your answer and his question. → 关系
请回答我的问题。
Answer my question, please. → 回答
从理论上回答了这个问题
furnish a theoretical answer to this question → 回答
她对记者的回答很机巧。
She gave the newsman an adroit reply. → 机巧
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Collocations

回答问题
to answer a question
给予回答
to give an answer
大声回答
to answer in a loud voice
满意的回答
a satisfactory answer
回答错误
to answer incorrectly
回答说
to reply
回答不上来
to be unable to give an answer

Word Decomposition

回
[huí] 		+ 答
[dá]

nciku Note

回答 vs. 答复

两个词都表示对问题或要求的解释、恢复等。Both two words mean “to reply to a question or request.”
“回答”较为具体而“答复”有时有落实交代的意思。
回答 is concrete, while 答复has the meaning of “putting into effect.”
（1）老师认真回答了同学们提出的每一个问题。
（2）这个问题我问过他，但他的回答很模糊。
（3）我向有关部门进行咨询，对方说三天之后答复我。
（4）我们需要一个明确的答复。
例（1）和例（2）军事“有问有答”，所以应该用“回答”。例（3）和（4）含有交代、落实的意思，所以应该用“答复”。
当句子意思较含糊的时候，两个词可以换用。
Sometimes the meaning is vague and the two words are interchangeable.
（5）请你现在就这个问题给出答复（回答）。

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