課本中不會(huì)教你的[R]581　reply和answer

581　reply和answer

① reply用作不及物動(dòng)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(méi)回答。

② reply用作及物動(dòng)詞，意為“回答說(shuō)，答道，答復(fù)”，可接that從句或直接引語(yǔ)。

He replied that he knew nothing about the matter. 他回答說(shuō)他對(duì)這件事一無(wú)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(fù)，回答”，結(jié)構(gòu)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(méi)有答復(fù)我的問(wèn)題。

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

She said nothing in reply. 她沒(méi)說(shuō)任何話表示答復(fù)。

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

（1）reply是正式用詞，多用于書(shū)面，指經(jīng)過(guò)考慮后，對(duì)問(wèn)題或論點(diǎn)一一作答；answer是普通用詞，指以口頭或書(shū)面等方式對(duì)問(wèn)題作出回答。

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

他已經(jīng)回答了我的問(wèn)題。

He has replied my question.

He has replied to my question.

He has answered my question.

他答復(fù)她說(shuō)，一切都準(zhǔn)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(dòng)詞，不可同表示一段時(shí)間的狀語(yǔ)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.