answer to

hesap vermek, bağlı olmak

İşini ve kararlarını denetleyen bir yetkiliye bağlı olmak ve ona hesap vermek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To have someone in authority who checks your work and decisions.

• I answer to the manager.
• She answered to three different directors last year.
• Who do you answer to in this company?

Nasıl kullanılır: answer to someone (The sales team answers to the regional manager.)

Eş anlamlılar: report to, be accountable to

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: answer to someone, answer to the board

hesap vermek, kendini açıklamak

Seni suçlayabilecek veya cezalandırabilecek birine davranışının nedenini açıklamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To explain your behaviour to someone who may blame or punish you.

• You’ll have to answer to Dad.
• She had to answer to the judge for ignoring the order.
• Who will answer to the families for this mistake?

Nasıl kullanılır: have to answer to someone for something (You’ll have to answer to the principal for breaking that window.)

Eş anlamlılar: account to, justify oneself to

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: answer to someone, answer to your parents

adıyla çağrılınca karşılık vermek

Belirli bir adla çağrıldığında kendisine seslenildiğini anlayıp karşılık vermek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To react when someone calls you by a particular name.

• Our cat answers to Molly.
• He answered to a nickname throughout his childhood.
• Does your puppy answer to its name yet?

Nasıl kullanılır: answer to a name (The dog answers to the name Max.)

Eş anlamlılar: respond to

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: answer to something, answer to a nickname