a terse one - word answer.
一个简明的一词答案
Perhaps we'll never have a clear answer.
可能我们从来没有一个明确的答案。
Could you give me a definite answer now?
你现在能给我一个明确的答案吗？
I want a definite answer,"yes" or "no".
我要一个明确的答案： “是”还是“否”.
This is a surprising answer, a tricky proof.
这是一个出人意料的答案，一个微妙机巧的证明。
None could produce a simple, tidy answer.
没有人能提出一个简单而又令人满意的答案。
Less intelligent and more bigoted Americans, finding a spokesman in the late Senator Mc-Carthy, sought a simple explanation for their problems.
稍欠明智而生性顽固的美国人，认定已故麦卡锡参议员为代言人要想寻求一个简单的答案。
The answer to the question contains a word which, when spoken can have two meanings.
问题的答案中包含一词（bean），这个词说出来时可以有两理解（been, bean）。
The solution of the one may prove to be the solution of the other.
其中一个的答案可以证妹错一个的答案。
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
看一个人是否聪明看他的答案,看一个人是否有智慧看他的问题.
It offers a simple solution in a limited domain for a complex problem.
它提供了一个复杂问题在限定领域中的简单答案。
As a newly generated terminology, the Minimalist Program does have great achievements.
作为一个新生成的学术名词，最简方案确实取得了很大的成绩。
Here, again, the rational man will admit that the question is one to which there is no demonstrably right answer.
在这里，理智的人会再次承认，这类问题没有一个明确的答案。
THERE is no clear answer to the question of how far east Europe stretches.
对于东欧延升的范围有多广这个问题，一直以来并没有明确的答案。
A special answer depending on or demonstrating one or more reasons why a suit should be delayed, dismissed, or barred in equity law.
答辩依据或表明公正的法律案件应被推迟、驳回或阻止的一个或多个原因的特定的回答
He gave her a short answer.
他给了她一个简短生硬的回答.
an oblique reply to a simple question
对一个简单问题拐弯抹角的回答
What's a man's first duty? The answer is brief: to be himself.
人的第一天职是什么？答案很简单：做自己。
