词汇 | counter-question |
释义 | counter-question noun[ C ] (alsocounterquestion)uk /ˈkaʊn.təˌkwes.tʃən/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌkwes.tʃən/ a question that is asked in reply to another question: She answered with a counter-question. To the question "What does it mean?" he poses a counterquestion: "How does it feel?" The best way to answer some questions is with a counter-question. Rather than replying to your question directly, I'd like to ask a counter-question. During cross-examination, he responded to the lawyer's questions with angry counterquestions. He answered sharply with a counter-question, "Do you think I'd have left her on her own if I'd suspected what might happen?" Questioning people & asking questions in general ask after someone ask questions of someone/somethingidiom be someone's for the askingidiom beat something out of someone bombard consultative Gallup poll inquisition pin someone down ply someone with something poll pry put someone through the millidiom put someone through the wringeridiom put someone to somethingidiom rhetorical question roll shoot survey trick question |
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