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581　reply和answer

① reply用作不及物動詞，意為“回答”。

Has he replied to your letter？他給你回信了嗎？

She smiled，but didn't reply. 她笑了，但沒回答。

② reply用作及物動詞，意為“回答說，答道，答復”，可接that從句或直接引語。

He replied that he knew nothing about the matter. 他回答說他對這件事一無所知。

“No，thank you，” he replied. “不要，謝謝，”他回答道。

③ reply也可用作名詞，意為“答復，回答”，結構為：

make a reply

make no reply

have a/no reply from sb.

in reply （to sb.）

He made no reply to my question. 他沒有答復我的問題。

I have had a reply from Mr. Brown. 我已收到布朗先生的答復。

She said nothing in reply. 她沒說任何話表示答復。

④ reply和answer都可以表示“回答”，有時可換用，但要注意兩點區(qū)別：

（1）reply是正式用詞，多用于書面，指經(jīng)過考慮后，對問題或論點一一作答；answer是普通用詞，指以口頭或書面等方式對問題作出回答。

（2）用作及物動詞時，reply后跟that從句或跟直接引語，但不可直接跟名詞或代詞作賓語，如要跟名詞或代詞，則要用reply to sb. （/sth.）結構；answer后可跟名詞或代詞作賓語，也可用于answer sb.+that從句結構。

他已經(jīng)回答了我的問題。

He has replied my question.

He has replied to my question.

He has answered my question.

他答復她說，一切都準備好了。

He replied her that everything was ready.

He replied to her that everything was ready.

He answered her that everything was ready.

提示

reply是非延續(xù)性動詞，不可同表示一段時間的狀語連用。

我給她回信已經(jīng)兩周了。

I have replied to her letter for two weeks.

It is two weeks since I replied to her.

I replied to her two weeks ago.