因……而受罚，对……负责：指因为某个行为或决定而承担责任或受到惩罚。
answer for // [ answering answered answers ]
动词词组 If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it. (为所做的不好或错误的事) 付出代价
He must be made to answer for his terrible crimes.
必须让他为他的深重罪行付出代价。
习语 If you say that someone has a lot to answer for, you are saying that their actions have led to problems which you think they are responsible for. 负有很大责任
furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
同义词： account
answer for 保证，负责; 对…负有责任; 对负责; 对…负责；保证；起…作用; 对…负责；符合…; 为……
... responsive 反应积极，热烈的 answer for 对。。。负责 responsible 需负担责任的； 责任重大的； 有责任感的，可靠的。 ...
... answer（回答）, answer for（负责） know（了解，知道）, ...
... answer for保证，负责 answer to符合，适合 anxious about忧虑的，担心的，焦急的，渴望 ...
因……而受罚；对……负责
I can answer for her honesty.
我可以担保她为人诚实。
I didn't have a ready answer for this dilemma.
我没有现成的答案来解决这个进退两难的问题。
I agree, but I can't answer for my colleagues.
我同意，但是我不能代表我同事们的意见。
To answer for the opposition, the Republicans chose Bobby Jindal, the young governor of Louisiana and the son of Indian immigrants.
VOA : special.2009.02.27
So that would probably be de Broglie's answer for why, in fact, we're not observing the wavelength behavior of material on a day-to-day life.
所以那就可能是德布罗意关于,为什么我们无法再日常生活中,观测到物质的波动行为的答案。
化学原理课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
So a hundred years really before the invention of Game Theory, someone had figured out this answer for this game.
一百多年前博弈论还没有诞生呢,那时就有人解除了这个博弈的答案
博弈论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
A business and international development consultant in California,Rose Shuman, wanted to find an answer for them,too.
VOA : special.2009.10.12
Deep brain stimulation is not the answer for all Parkinson's patients.
VOA : special.2010.11.02
She says she finds it irritating that people are infantilized by specialists who try to answer for them.
Any reference to a dispute resolution mechanism could delay a final answer for years.
That might be a super satisfying answer for many conservatives, and even many liberals.
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