01、The answer is zero是什麼意思？
如果老外對你說這句話
想表達的意思是：事情“白忙一場、毫無結果”
例句：
①No matter what you have done, the answer is zero.
無論你做了什麼，都是白忙一場。
②The answer is zero because of a small mistake in my work.
因為工作上除了一個小紕漏，所以白忙一場了。
“白忙一場，徒勞”其它英文表達
①in vain
徒勞的；枉然的；無用的
例句：
My efforts were not in vain.
我的氣力沒有白費。
②for nothing它有兩層意思，1）免費2）徒然
例句：
All my trouble went for nothing.
我的一切辛苦都白費了。
其它跟 answer 相關的表達
跟著西外君一起學習吧
02、answer back
answer （sb.） back =頂嘴，回嘴
不是很禮貌的方式應對長輩，領導的批評
例句：
①Stop answering your mother back!
不準和你媽媽頂嘴！
② I'd generally talk my father round, but never answer back.
我會委婉地和父親解釋，從來不頂嘴。
(talk sb. round=委婉的表達；說服)
03、answer the door
意思是應聲開門、聽到鈴聲去開門
例句：
I'm on the phone. Could you answer the door for me?
我正在打電話，你能幫我開一下門嗎？
04、answer the call of nature
answer the call of nature=上廁所
例句：
Just a moment. I have to go to answer the call of nature.
稍等一會，我想上廁所。
05、answer for / to
answer for=對…負責
例句：
Do you really think the company will be made to answer for the problems that their pollution causes among the local people?
你真的認為公司會負責他們在當地造成的汙染問題？
answer to=答覆
例句：
That is an indirect answer to the question.
那只是對這一問題的間接答覆。
今日打卡金句
The lazier a man is, the more things he will have to do tomorrow.
一個人越懶，明天要做的事越多。
ps：文末留言雙語金句打卡，堅持進步！
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