reply和answer的区别
1. 两者均可表示“回答”,但 answer 属常用词,多用于一般性应答,而 reply 则较正式,多指经过考虑而作出答复.如:
He answered my letter. 他给我回了信.(指他在信中说信已收到等)
He replied to my letter. 他给我回了信.(指他在信中把我提出的问题都作出回答)
若不细分,两者可换用.如:
I was so nervous that I couldn’t answer [reply]. 我紧张得没作回答.
2. answer 可自由地用作及物或不及物动词,而 reply 除后接 that 从句或引出直接引语是及物动词外,一般只用作不及物动词.其后若接名词或代词作宾语,应借助介词 to.如:
He replied that he had changed his mind. 他回答说他改变了主意.
He didn’t answer [reply to] my question. 他没有回答我的问题.
比较下面两句:
He did not know what to reply. 他不知道回答什么(即:用什么回答).
He did not know what to reply to. 他不知道回答什么问题(即:对什么作回答).
3. answer 除表示“回答”外,还可表示接听(电话)或对门铃等声响作出反应等(常与 telephone, door, bell, door-bell 等连用).但 reply 不能这样用.如:
Who answered the telephone? 谁接的电话?
A little girl answered the door. 一个小女孩应声去开门.
Nobody answered my call for help. 没有人理会我的呼救.
4. 两者除用作动词外,都可用作名词.要表示“对……的回答(答复,答案)”等,其后均接介词 to (不用 of).如:
Have you had an answer to your letter? 你寄出的信有回音没有?
I received no reply to my request. 我的要求没有收到任何答复.
reply
vi.
1. 回答,答复[(+to)]
They did not reply to our new proposal.
他们对我们的新建议没有作出答复。
He has not yet replied to my question.
他还没有回答我的问题。
2. (以行动)答复;回击
They replied to the enemy's fire with a barrage.
他们用一阵炮火回击敌人的射击。
3. 反响,回应
4. (原告对被告的抗辩)进行驳复,答辩
vt.
1. 答复[+(that)]
She replied that she was happy to accept our invitation.
她回复说她很高兴接受我们的邀请。
I did not know what to reply.
我不知道怎么回答好。
n.
1. 回答,答复[C][(+to)]
What did you say in reply to her request?
在答复她的请求时你是怎么说的?
answer
n.[C][(+to)]
1. 回答;答复;复信
I'm waiting for an answer to my letter.
我正在等候回信。
2. 答案;解决办法
What's the correct answer to this arithmetic question?
这道算术难题的正确答案是什么?
3. 反应
He said good night to her but she gave no answer.
他向她道晚安,而她却毫无反应。
4. 对等的人;对应物
He's said to be China's answer to Sherlock Holmes.
他被认为是中国的福尔摩斯。
vt.
1. 回答;答复
Ann asked many questions and I did my best to answer them.
安妮问了许多问题,我尽可能地回答。
2. 回答说;答道[+that]
He answered that he knew nothing about it.
他答道他不知道这件事。
3. 接(电话);应(门)
Who answered the telephone?
谁接的电话?
4. 符合,与...相符
Her qualifications answer the requirements of the job.
她的资历符合该项工作的要求。
5. 合乎;满足
The room will answer our needs well.
这房间很适合我们的需要。
vi.
1. 回答;答复
I knocked at the door but no one answered.
我敲了门,但无人应答。
2. 答辩
How would you answer the criticism made of your work?
你对针对你的工作提出的批评作何辩解?
3. 适用;符合
He answers to your description.
他与你的描述相符。
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