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:
单词:reply的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
answer/reply
He is answering the teacher's question.他正在回答老师的问题。
Did he reply to your last letter?他回你前一封信没有?
<辨析>这两个动词都可解作“回答”,“答复”。answer 是日常用语,常用作及物动词,后接名词、代词或从句。如:
He answered nothing.他什么也没有回答。
I cannot answer you now.我现在不能答复你。
He answered that he knew nothing about it.他回答说这件事他一点也不知道。
reply 是正式用语,常用作不及物动词,表示“对......作出回答”时,后面要接 to,也可以用作及物动词,后接直接引语或从句。如:
I asked him but he did not reply to me.我问他,但他没有答复我。
He relpied that he had not received my letter.他回答说他没有收到我的信。
"I can't work here any longer,"replied Johnny Ford.“我再也不能在这工作了,”约翰尼.福特回答说。
与单词:reply 相关的例句或者名人名言
I finally received a reply from the girl of my dreams!
我终于收到了女神的回复!
例句: It's very odd that she didn't reply to our letter .
她没有回我们的信是件很奇怪的事。
例句: 1, 3 , 5 and 7 are odd numbers .
1,3, 5 和 7 是奇数。
He said nothing in reply to my question.
对于我的问题他什么也没有回答。
I shall not reply to such a scurrilous attack upon me;
对我的这咱毁谤性攻击,我将不予以回驳;
I replied with a short note.
我回了一封短信。
※Beautiful, In reply to her husband who had asked how she felt. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. American female writer 太美了。 她丈夫问她感觉怎么样时,她回答她的丈夫。美国女作家 布朗宁 E