n. 答案, 回答, 回报, 答辩vt. 回答, 反驳, 适应, 响应, 符合vi. 回答, 答应, 负责, 符合, 成功【计】 用户问题及答案新闻组相关词组: to answer for... to answer sb's hopes to answer for sb's purpose to answer to the name of... in answer to... to answer to...
1. answer是常用词，可指口头、笔头，甚至行动回答，有时可与reply通用。如：
Who can answer the question?
Please answer the telephone.
2. reply较answer正式，既可指用语言、书面作答，也可指用动作或手势作答，常用于正式场合或书面语中，指经过慎重考虑作出的答复。如：
I sent in my application，and the school replied immediately.
I don't know what to reply.
注意：
在表示回答问题时，answer后直接跟question；reply后要加介词to。试比较：
answer the question回答问题；reply to the question回答问题。
单词：answer的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
answer/answer for
Nobody answered the question.没有人回答这个问题。
All these things are to be answer for.这一切都是要偿还的。
<辨析>answer 与 answer for 的意义不一样。answer 多作及物动词，意为“回答”，也可解作“响应”、“接（电话）、应声(和 phone,door bell 等连用)”。如：Who answered the telephone?谁接的电话？answer for 的意思是：“对......负责”、“对......承担责任”，引伸意思是“受到惩罚”、“得到报应”。
与单词：answer 相关的例句或者名人名言
I'm sorry, your answer is close, but incorrect.
抱歉，你的答案很接近了，但还是错的。
Your answer is not reasonable.
你的回答不合理。
She must find the answer in a reference book, like a dictionary.
她需要在类似字典之类的参考书中才能找到答案。
My answer for this math problem is wrong.
我这道数学题的答案是错的。
Who can answer this question?
谁会回答这个问题？
※No answer is also answer. 不回答也是一种回答。
※A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所问，智者难答。
※What is a man's first duty? The answer is brief ; to be himself.——Ibsen, Nowegian dramatist人的第一天职是什么？答案很简单：不伪饰自己。挪威剧作家 易卜生
※You know what charm is : A way of getting the answer ""yes"" without having asked any clear question. ( A. Camus )—— 你知道什么是魅力：一种不用明白地提出问题而能得到肯定答复的办法。（加谬）
