英语短语"receive for an answer"的核心含义是“收到…作为回答/回应”,强调“得到的具体内容(或行为)是对方对某个问题/请求的回应”。
短语的完整常用结构是:receive [sth.] for an answer
receive:“收到;得到”(核心动词);
[sth.]:具体的“回应内容”(可以是话语、动作、态度等名词/名词短语);
for an answer:“作为回答/回应”(介词短语作补语,说明“sth.”的作用)。
用于描述“向对方提出问题、请求或作出某种互动后,对方用具体的内容/行为回应你”,重点在“回应的具体形式”。
通过例子更直观理解:
I asked him for help but received silence for an answer.
我向他求助,但得到的回应是沉默。(“silence”是回应的内容——沉默)
She inquired about the delay and received a vague excuse for an answer.
她询问延误的原因,得到的回答是一个含糊的借口。(“a vague excuse”是回应的内容——借口)
When I proposed, I received a smile and a nod for an answer.
我求婚时,得到的回应是一个微笑和点头。(“a smile and a nod”是回应的行为——微笑+点头)
The customer complained about the service but received indifference for an answer.
顾客投诉服务质量,却得到了冷漠的回应。(“indifference”是回应的态度——冷漠)
与“receive an answer for sth.”的区别:
receive [sth.] for an answer:“收到…作为回答”(sth.是回应的内容);
receive an answer for sth.:“为某事收到回答”(sth.是“回答的对象”,比如“I received an answer for my email.”我收到了针对我邮件的回复)。
可替换的同义表达:get [sth.] as an answer(更口语),但“receive for an answer”更正式、强调“被动收到回应”。
"receive for an answer" 是“得到…的回应/回答”的正式表达,核心是突出“回应的具体内容或形式”,用法上需搭配“具体的回应内容”(名词/名词短语),说明对方用什么来回答你。