I can't give him an answer, he said.

我不能给他答复，他说。

But she only got the same reply: 'They say he is dying, my lady'.

但到了同样的答复：“他们说他快死了，女士”。

I received a letter the next day, informing me that my rent would be increased only 50 percent instead of 300 percent.

第二天，我收到经理的来信，答复说增加一半的租金，而非三倍。

Mr. Morehouse wrote to the Claims Department. One week later he received an answer. The Claims Department said it had discussed the matter with the agent at Westcote.

莫斯先生给索赔部门写信。一周后，他收到答复。索赔部门说，他们已经和韦斯特科特的代理商讨论过此事。

Normally, " to pin someone down" is to get them to say yes or no to a question they perhaps don't want to make a decision about.

通常，“确定某人” 是指让某人能不愿做出决定的问题给出明确的答复， 即说是或否。

I had an answer in about an hour, " that his majesty, attended by the royal family, and great officers of the court, was coming out to receive me" .

大约一个小时后，我到了答复，说是国王陛下将由皇室成员和朝廷重臣陪同出来迎接我。

A note was accordingly addressed to that lady, who returned for answer, that " I might do as I pleased: she had long relinquished all interference in my affairs" .

于是我便给那位女士写了封信，回信答复说，“随我的便：早已放弃我的事情的一切干预了。”