581　reply和answer

① reply用作不及物动词，意为“回答”。

Has he replied to your letter？他给你回信了吗？

She smiled，but didn't reply. 她笑了，但没回答。

② reply用作及物动词，意为“回答说，答道，答复”，可接that从句或直接引语。

He replied that he knew nothing about the matter. 他回答说他对这件事一无所知。

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

③ reply也可用作名词，意为“答复，回答”，结构为：

make a reply

make no reply

have a/no reply from sb.

in reply （to sb.）

He made no reply to my question. 他没有答复我的问题。

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

She said nothing in reply. 她没说任何话表示答复。

④ reply和answer都可以表示“回答”，有时可换用，但要注意两点区别：

（1）reply是正式用词，多用于书面，指经过考虑后，对问题或论点一一作答；answer是普通用词，指以口头或书面等方式对问题作出回答。

（2）用作及物动词时，reply后跟that从句或跟直接引语，但不可直接跟名词或代词作宾语，如要跟名词或代词，则要用reply to sb. （/sth.）结构；answer后可跟名词或代词作宾语，也可用于answer sb.+that从句结构。

他已经回答了我的问题。

He has replied my question.

He has replied to my question.

He has answered my question.

他答复她说，一切都准备好了。

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是非延续性动词，不可同表示一段时间的状语连用。

我给她回信已经两周了。

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.